The other day, when no news came, he picked up his glove and began trotting toward the foreign territory known to some as the hot corner.

Bug rounded the corner, hot for action against unseen foes, and came up short between them.

Even for Williams, this was a hot corner.

He had a career fielding percentage of .964, exceptional for the hot corner (third base).

The Yankees seemed to parade a new candidate out to the hot corner each week.

But first base is a hot corner.

For some minutes it was as hot a corner as any in the war.

In baseball, the hot corner is third base.

No matter who wins the job, however, those isolated cameras figure to be watching that hot corner again this year.

As the latest to audition at the hot corner, Velarde wants to keep his screen test in session.