But I'm rounding the bases so that the people who come after me have an easier time.

But as he rounded third base, Floyd rolled his ankle.

Smith, who had been in an 0-for-20 slump, jumped for joy as he rounded first base.

He had just rounded second base when he heard the sirens.

Mantle rounded the bases 266 times before the home folks in the 18 years he spent as a Yankee from 1951 through 1968.

"Perdomo rounded the bases and his feet never touched the ground."

He said the man collapsed after rounding third base and was carried across home plate by the runner behind him.

Third time up, he hit a home run, rounded the bases, said goodbye to everyone and came home.

"I have certainly rounded third base and am headed for home plate, which is a hole in the ground," the rare books dealer says.

He has also watched the track meet of scorers rounding the bases without end.