Historical clue formulations

• Reached a base horizontally — 2025-04-27
• Hurried home, in a way — 2022-02-03
• Tried to avoid a tag, say — 2016-01-31
• Reached base horizontally — 2011-03-09
• Came home dusty? — 2006-01-01
• Came home feet first, maybe — 2003-01-17
• Paul Simon's "Slip ___ Away" — 2000-12-11
• Came home the hard way — 2000-11-11
• Paul Simon's "Slip ___ Away" — 2000-02-22