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
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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.
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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
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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
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“Warning track.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warning%20track. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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