31. Workers sifted the infield dirt until it was as smooth as a table top, free of the pebbles that caused balls to bounce unpredictably. 32. A few fans dared a dash for the diamond, rolling in the infield dirt before surrendering to security guards. 33. Jones landed on his belly about eight feet beyond the infield dirt, between short and third base. 34. Linebacker Anthony Simmons upended Leaf on the return, and he landed on the infield dirt of the baseball diamond at Qualcomm Stadium. 35. Milwaukee pulled its infielders in and positioned its outfielders a short distance from the edge of the infield dirt. 36. Segui, signed as a free agent in December, was hurt when his foot slipped on loose infield dirt during a relay drill on Wednesday. 37. The game was at the Homestead Sports Baseball Complex, which had infield dirt on about a quarter of the field. 38. The grounds crew blended a soft clay composition into the infield dirt. 39. Then, Burkett beat out a broken-bat blooper that just cleared the infield dirt before it was fielded by second baseman Fernando Vina. |