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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Hernández wasn’t in a position to play the carom, and the ball rolled to the left-field warning track.
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
Dodgers center fielder Andy Pages tracked Drew Gilbert’s flyout to the warning track, as the Giants’ base runners failed to hold in case the ball was caught.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
New York trailed 2-0 in the first after Benge dropped Dillon Dingler's catchable fly ball near the right-field warning track, which fell for a double, and Riley Greene followed with a two-run single off Christian Scott.
—Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 14 May 2026
New York trailed 2-0 in the first after Benge dropped Dillon Dingler's catchable fly ball near the right-field warning track, which fell for a double, and Riley Greene followed with a two-run single off Christian Scott.
—ABC News, 13 May 2026
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
Dodgers center fielder Andy Pages tracked Drew Gilbert’s flyout to the warning track, as the Giants’ base runners failed to hold in case the ball was caught.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
New York trailed 2-0 in the first after Benge dropped Dillon Dingler's catchable fly ball near the right-field warning track, which fell for a double, and Riley Greene followed with a two-run single off Christian Scott.
—Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 14 May 2026
New York trailed 2-0 in the first after Benge dropped Dillon Dingler's catchable fly ball near the right-field warning track, which fell for a double, and Riley Greene followed with a two-run single off Christian Scott.
—ABC News, 13 May 2026
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“Warning track.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warning%20track. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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