warning track

noun

: a usually dirt or cinder strip around the outside edge of a baseball outfield to warn a fielder when running to make a catch that the fence is near

called also warning path

Examples of warning track in a Sentence

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And four-time Gold Glove winner Kevin Kiermaier contributed his first Gold Glove-level play since joining the Dodgers, leaping up and crashing into the wall in center field to catch Tellez’s warning track drive in the fourth inning. Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 10 Aug. 2024 Instead of being a game-winning home run, Wisdom’s shot turned into another ordinary warning track fly ball in a 3-0 loss by a team that seems to have cornered the market in warning track power in 2024. Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2024 Soto, 25, flirted with another homer in the fourth inning, sending a 311-foot fly ball to the left field warning track, where Detroit’s Justyn-Henry Malloy made a leaping catch at the wall. Peter Sblendorio, Hartford Courant, 3 Mar. 2024 The synthetic rubber of the outfield warning track crumbles beneath your shoes and every 10 seconds or so, the crack of the bat goes off like clockwork. Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for warning track 

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of warning track was in 1966

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“Warning track.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warning%20track. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

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