Trivia Tuesday: More Postseason Walk-Off Trivia

This year the Yankees have celebrated with walk-offs in the postseason and walk-offs in the regular season. One of those "walk-offs" in the regular season was when Luis Castillo dropped the ball to end the game.

In 1914, an error by the pitcher on a bunt attempt gave the Boston Braves the win in the game (and the series) against the Philadelphia Athletics. Since then, only four times have postseason games ended in errors. Can you name them? Put you answers in the comments below and I'll reveal the correct answer later tonight.

*hint* only two franchises since the Boston Braves have benefited from this (so each franchise had two walk-off wins via the error)

The Answers:

Car#  G# Date          Series G Pitcher           Tm   Opp Batter            Score       Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit  R Play Desc.
+-----+---+-------------+------+-+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------------------------+
   1   1 1914-10-12    WS     3 Joe Bush          PHA @BSN Herbie Moran      tied   4-4  b12 12-   0  -       1 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E1 (throw to 3B)/Sacrifice Bunt; Mann Scores/unER/No RBI; Gilbert to 2B; Moran to 1B 
   2   1 1969-10-15    WS     4 Pete Richert      BAL @NYM J.C. Martin       tied   1-1  b10 12-   0  -       1 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E1 (throw to 1B)/Sacrifice Bunt; Gaspar Scores/unER/No RBI; Weis to 2B; Martin to 1B 
   3   1 1986-10-25    WS     6 Bob Stanley       BOS @NYM Mookie Wilson     tied   5-5  b10 -2-   2 3-2   9  1 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E3 (Ground Ball); Knight Scores/unER 
   4   1 1996-10-02    ALDS   2 Mike Henneman     TEX @NYY Charlie Hayes     tied   4-4  b12 12-   0 0-0   1  1 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E5 (throw to 1B)/Sacrifice Bunt (Bunt to Weak 3B); Jeter Scores/No RBI/unER; Raines to 2B 
   5   1 2009-10-17    ALCS   2 Ervin Santana     LAA @NYY Melky Cabrera     tied   3-3  b13 12-   1 0-0   1  1 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E4 (throw)/attempted forceout (Ground Ball); Hairston Scores/unER/No RBI; Cano to 2B 

Let the Celebrating Begin

18 straight games without an error, a new major league record. And some great leather tonight all around. I honestly can't believe that more wasn't made of this record. It's pretty cool for a team that was supposed to be so bad defensively.

But by far, the best play today was this one in very grainy YouTube style as Joba Chamberlain dove (read: belly flopped) for a huge double play. Fist pump and all...

"I felt the ground shake all the way from right field" - Nick Swisher



(H/T Twitterer @Bronx_Bombers)

Play Clean and You Don't Lose

One of the big knocks on the Yankees coming into this season was that they even though they were improved from last year, they were a poor defensive team. Well one of the things they've done during this amazing streak they've been on is play good defense. Even with the lack of errors, they still don't always play great defense (Derek Jeter is a prime example). But they've made some great plays (including Teixeira today) and have found a way to make all the routine ones.

And, for all those who doubted him, Mark Teixeira is not only playing great defense and making great plays, but he's saving errors from the other infielders as well. He may not be as good as Don Mattingly, but if he isn't, he's close.

From the New York Daily News' Anthony McCarron:

I leave you with this tidbit, some praise for the Yanks - they have gone 10 straight games without an error, the longest current errorless streak in the majors and third longest this season. The last boot came on May 13 in Toronto. It’s the team’s longest streak since 1995. You win when you catch and throw, too - Yanks are 9-1 over that span and 22-5 this season.

Good job by the Yankees. Let's hope they keep it up.