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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Myers, writhing in pain on the warning track, was bent over when his fellow outfielders came over to tend to him, while the Reds training staff started the sprint out onto the field.
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Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2026
And that put him in position to score easily on Tommy Edman’s double to the center-field warning track for the first run of the game.
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Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
Matt Vierling lined out to the warning track to right to end the game.
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CBS News,
28 June 2026
The Parade route will end at the ballpark with Scotland fans walking the warning track and pre-game bagpipe performance.
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Andre Fernandez,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
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Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2026
And that put him in position to score easily on Tommy Edman’s double to the center-field warning track for the first run of the game.
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Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
Matt Vierling lined out to the warning track to right to end the game.
—
CBS News,
28 June 2026
The Parade route will end at the ballpark with Scotland fans walking the warning track and pre-game bagpipe performance.
—
Andre Fernandez,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
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“Warning track.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warning%20track. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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