1.   Although Johnson retired the first six batters he faced, three of them drove Ken Griffey Jr. to the warning track or close to it.

2.   And he lined out to the right-field warning track in the ninth.

3.   And Jackson showed just that, with everything from hitting homers on four consecutive at bats to making bullet throws from the warning track to home plate.

4.   And the strategy worked, as Clark flied to the warning track in left.

5.   And Young suffered for it when he landed hard on the left-field warning track while running out of bounds in the fourth quarter.

6.   Anderson sprinted to the warning track and made a leaping catch at the wall.

7.   As he stepped on the warning track, he reached up to snag the ball.

8.   As Walker, the right fielder, retrieved the ball on the warning track and threw it to second, Piazza rounded first and held up.

9.   As Mora fell to the warning track in despair, Henderson and Damon were hugging like schoolkids at home plate, waiting for Garciaparra to join them.

10.   At Coors, you play on the warning track.