batting cage

noun

: a screen placed around the back and sides of the home plate area to stop baseballs during batting practice

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On Friday, the Reds sent group after group of hitters to work with Butler on a small bunting area outside the team’s batting cages at the complex. C. Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025 Martinez, in the lineup and in the batting cage, make Ketel Marte even better? Dan Freedman, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025 Rintaro Sasaki zooms up to the ballpark on an electric bike with a brown bag of food in hand, ready to grab a quick bite of lunch then get right to work in the batting cage. Janie McCauley, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025 Shaw, the front-runner to win the starting job at third base, experienced some soreness on his left side after a swing in the batting cage last week. Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for batting cage

Word History

First Known Use

1891, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of batting cage was in 1891

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“Batting cage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/batting%20cage. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.

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