warning track

American

noun

Baseball.

a strip, often consisting of a cinder or dirt track, bordering the outer edge of the outfield between the outfield turf and the stadium wall that alerts outfielders that the wall is near, especially as they back up to catch a fly ball.

Etymology

Origin of warning track

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

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A dropped fly ball on the warning track in left field by Teoscar Hernández spelled trouble for Yamamoto, scoring a run and allowing Jo Adell to reach second base with nobody out.

From Los Angeles Times

He also made a splendid over-the-shoulder catch while racing to the warning track in the first inning Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times

The Dodgers got their first run in the third, when Andy Pages led off with a double into the left-field corner, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a Mookie Betts fly ball just short of the warning track in center.

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He appears to flip head over heals multiple times before landing on the warning track.

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Rookie right-hander Edgardo Henriquez flirted with disaster after that, giving up another RBI double to Jackson and a loud fly ball to Dylan Carlson that died at the warning track.

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