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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Will Smith flew out to the warning track in left field to strand Betts.
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Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
Right fielder Sal Frelick made a leaping catch at the warning track to take a hit away from Rafael Devers.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2025
Jovani Moran yielded two runs on two hits and a walk in a seventh inning that saw Anthony give chase to a Henderson RBI triple on the warning track in right-field.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 18 Aug. 2025
In his first at-bat of the night, Alonso doubled to the left field warning track off Strider, and the fans couldn’t believe it.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2025
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Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
Right fielder Sal Frelick made a leaping catch at the warning track to take a hit away from Rafael Devers.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2025
Jovani Moran yielded two runs on two hits and a walk in a seventh inning that saw Anthony give chase to a Henderson RBI triple on the warning track in right-field.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 18 Aug. 2025
In his first at-bat of the night, Alonso doubled to the left field warning track off Strider, and the fans couldn’t believe it.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Warning track.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warning%20track. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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