1. The shortstop fielded the grounder and threw to first base for the putout. 2. An inning later, he took a hit away from Matt Williams by ranging behind the second-base bag to field a grounder and throwing to first. 3. As if he were fielding a grounder hit back to him, Clemens picked up the jagged piece of bat. 4. Bagwell nearly stopped there, but he looked directly at left fielder Rickey Henderson, who could not cleanly field the grounder. 5. Belle actually smiled while he fielded grounders at short. 6. Boggs said he would stretch Sunday and field grounders, and Sunday he plans to take batting practice. 7. After Ramon Hernandez lined a two-out double and Sojo tripped after fielding a grounder, the Yankees summoned Mariano Rivera. 8. Chuck Knoblauch fielded a grounder and flipped to first for the final out of the game, and catcher Jorge Posada tapped Mendoza on the back of the neck. 9. Eckstein worked out at the school, doing something -- fielding grounders, hitting or lifting weights -- at least six days a week. 10. Even though his throwing was limited, DiSarcina had been taking batting practice and was fielding grounders daily. |