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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Attl walked into the batting cage at the Carlsbad headquarters to show the device in action after Full Swing announced a partnership with Marucci Sports, a baseball and softball equipment brand. Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026 In fact, too many swings in the batting cages may have only worsened their issues as the season progressed. Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026 The finest pitching prospect since Ubaldo Jimenez became undone, fraying at the seams as part of a rotation that should be buried underneath the batting cages at Salt River Fields and never be spoken of again. Troy Renck, Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2026 Witt would ask questions, hang around the batting cage to talk hitting, quiz Arenado about his footwork at third. Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026 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 15 Mar. 2026.

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