1.   Incidentally, how did Pee Wee Reese ever catch a grounder with one of those muffins?

2.   Knoblauch, who singled in his first at-bat Friday night, declined to take any infield practice while joking that he knows how to catch grounders.

3.   Ordonez also has a unique manner of catching grounders in the shortstop hole, sliding to a stop on his knees, then rising and throwing in one motion.

4.   Second baseman Bret Boone sprained his left ankle while catching a grounder in the seventh and left the game.

5.   The St. Louis Cardinals caught a playoff break when Chipper Jones could not catch a grounder.