Related Clues:

• Arrived feet-first
• Avoided a tag, maybe
• Reached base in a cloud of dust
• Went home face-first
• Performed a baseball maneuver
• Got one's uniform dirty, perhaps
• Got dirty at home?
• Tried to avoid a tag, maybe
• Got one's uniform dirty, as a base runner
• What a baseball player did to get home?
• Moved (eg, on ice)
• Dropped a bit, as the stock market
• Went into a base hard
• Encountered ice
• Dove into third