left field vs liberal

left field

noun
  • An unusual or unexpected position, or a viewpoint held by very few others in contrast to the majority viewpoint (especially in the phrases out in left field and way out in left field) 

  • An unexpected, bizarre, or unwatched source (especially in the phrases out of left field and from left field). 

  • The part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and to the left of a person standing on home plate and facing the pitcher. 

  • The defensive position in the outfield to the left. 

liberal

noun
  • Someone with progressive or left-wing views; one with a left-wing ideology. 

  • A supporter of any of several liberal parties. 

  • One who favors individual voting rights, human and civil rights, and laissez-faire markets (also called "classical liberal"; compare libertarian). 

  • One with liberal views, supporting individual liberty (see Wikipedia's article on Liberalism). 

adj
  • Widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive. 

  • Generous; permitting liberty; willing to give unsparingly. 

  • Ample, abundant; generous in quantity. 

  • Open to political or social changes and reforms associated with either classical or modern liberalism. 

  • Pertaining to those arts and sciences the study of which is considered to provide general knowledge, as opposed to vocational/occupational, technical or mechanical training. 

How often have the words left field and liberal occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )