batting cage

noun

: a screen placed around the back and sides of the home plate area to stop baseballs during batting practice

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Correa talked smack, ate, talked more smack and then headed to the batting cages to warm up. Dan Hayes, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025 So Sheets hunkered down in the batting cage in Peoria with Rodriguez, assistant hitting coach Mike McCoy and sports science director Nathan Landau. Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025 That becomes more difficult with the batting cages beyond the outfield at Sutter Health Park. Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 2 Apr. 2025 And like any player on a hot streak, Cocks wants to keep it going rather than taking swings in the batting cage in the school’s gym. Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for batting cage

Word History

First Known Use

1891, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of batting cage was in 1891

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“Batting cage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/batting%20cage. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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