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 incident comes after a 20-year-old man fell 20 feet onto the outfield warning track during a Pittsburgh Pirates game in April.
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Megan Forrester, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2025
Kavan Markwood was also hospitalized in critical condition after falling 21 feet onto the warning track during an MLB game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs in April.
—Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Human runners, wearing 7-foot-tall foam costumes with goofy faces and colorful features depicting a Bratwurst, Polish, Italian, Hot Dog and Chorizo, race each other around home plate on the warning track.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Trevor Larnach’s long fly ball to right later in the inning traveled 362 feet and excited the crowd before dying on the warning track, just a few feet short of tying the game.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 17 Sep. 2025
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Megan Forrester, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2025
Kavan Markwood was also hospitalized in critical condition after falling 21 feet onto the warning track during an MLB game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs in April.
—Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Human runners, wearing 7-foot-tall foam costumes with goofy faces and colorful features depicting a Bratwurst, Polish, Italian, Hot Dog and Chorizo, race each other around home plate on the warning track.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Trevor Larnach’s long fly ball to right later in the inning traveled 362 feet and excited the crowd before dying on the warning track, just a few feet short of tying the game.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Warning track.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warning%20track. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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