1.   And Piazza, who said his knee remains sore, once again appeared sluggish behind the plate and running the base paths.

2.   Blessed with speed in the legs of Lance Johnson and Bernard Gilkey, Green wants his team to be more aggressive on the base paths this year.

3.   All the scoring possibilities aside, the Diamondbacks were caught on the base paths twice Tuesday night.

4.   But Alfonzo hesitated, failing to either tag Aurilia in the base path or throw to second to start a potential double play.

5.   But as Williams watched the play and thought about tagging up, Fernandez passed him on the base path.

6.   Each wants those millions still out there on the base paths.

7.   For baseball fans, hope is supposed to spring eternal each year as the groundskeepers groom the outfield grass and comb the base paths for the home opener.

8.   For the game, they had four runners thrown out on the base paths, two at home.

9.   He blamed a muddy base path for slowing him during the attempted steal.

10.   In a night of inactivity at the plate for the Braves, Dreifort kept the base paths lively.