31.   Instead of kicking the dirt, slamming a water cooler or pulling himself from the lineup, Ripken laughed at the irony.

32.   Knight kicked dirt on third base, uprooted it and slammed it down before leaving.

33.   That prompted a protest by Pittsburgh manager Lloyd McClendon, who left the field kicking the dirt and overturned a trash can in the dugout.

34.   The camera caught DiMaggio kicking the dirt in an ever-so-gentle display of frustration as he neared second base.

35.   - Soldiers doing push-ups while other soldiers kicked dirt in their face.