1.   Alomar will be the one sprawled in the infield dirt after making one of his acrobatic snatches of a batted ball.

2.   Alomar veered in the direction of the umpire instead of second base as soon as he hit the infield dirt.

3.   And as middlemen, diving in the infield dirt and probably turning another doubleplay.

4.   As DiMaggio, who seldom showed any sign of emotion, neared second base, he kicked the infield dirt.

5.   As a result, the infield dirt becomes harder because the moisture comes to the surface.

6.   As the ball lay untouched on the infield dirt, Enrique Wilson, running for Thome, raced all the way home with the tie-breaking run.

7.   But down close to the field you still could smell the cut grass and breathe in the aroma of dank earth after the infield dirt was sprayed down.

8.   But the infield dirt here is, in some minds, the hardest and the worst surface in baseball.

9.   But, again, the ball hit something in the infield dirt, this time misdirecting it past Garciaparra and sending it into left for a bizarre double.

10.   Craig Biggio checked out the infield dirt and chatted briefly with head groundskeeper Luke Jenkins.