The best baseball slides (40 images)

Milwaukee Brewers Jerry Hairston Jr. looks to home plate umpire Mike Everitt for a call as he slides safely past St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina in the fourth inning in Game 4 in the NLCS at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on October 13, 2011. UPI/Bill Greenblatt

New York Yankees Brett Gardner slides under Minnesota Twins Alexi Casilla in the third inning at Yankee Stadium in New York City on April 7, 2011. UPI/John Angelillo

Brett Gardner of the New York Yankee slides through the legs of Texas Rangers' pitcher Cliff Lee who forced him at first on a grounder to first in the fourth inning during game three of the ALCS at Yankee Stadium on October 18, 2010 in New York. UPI/Monika Graff

Cincinnati Reds shortstop Alex Gonzalez, (L) reaches to put a tag on St. Louis Cardinals Skip Schumaker as Schumaker slides into second base during the fifth inning at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on June 2, 2009. The play was ruled dead after a ball hit by Colby Rasmus was ruled foul. Schumaker returned to first base as St. Louis defeated Cincinnati 5-2. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)