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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The Red Sox offense was so quiet that in the bottom of the second, a large flock of birds gathered in a sunlit patch of center field grass at the edge of the warning track and remained there undisturbed for several minutes.
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Tatis got to the warning track, leaped and made the incredible catch in front of the Padres faithful.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Friedl dove and had the ball bounce off his glove just in front of the warning track, as Merrill sprinted to third base with his team-leading fifth triple of the season.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
Will Smith flew out to the warning track in left field to strand Betts.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Tatis got to the warning track, leaped and made the incredible catch in front of the Padres faithful.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Friedl dove and had the ball bounce off his glove just in front of the warning track, as Merrill sprinted to third base with his team-leading fifth triple of the season.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
Will Smith flew out to the warning track in left field to strand Betts.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Warning track.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warning%20track. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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