I am looking for an example of a player making an error and then following it up with a big play in a subsequent inning. Redemption of a sort.

That happens so often as to be completely un-memorable. The reverse is maybe more memorable, because it seems so unfair. I'm thinking Boston Red Sox, 1986 season. John MacNamara had coached the team through a great regular season, and the team beat the Angels in a terrific American League Championship series.

Bob Stanley had been an outstanding relief pitcher all year long, and Bill Buckner had performed adequately (and often quite well) at first base, and batted the hell out of the ball. A good case could be made that if not for him, they may not have made it to the postseason at all.

In the sixth game of the World Series against the Mets, with the Sox up 3 games to 2 and the Sox holding a two-run lead at Shea Stadium in the top of the 10th inning, MacNamara made the managing error of the Series by leaving Buckner at first base, despite his bad knees. A defensive replacement was clearly called for. Strike 1.

The Mets started the bottom of the tenth by making two quick outs against the Sox' starting pitcher, Calvin Schiraldi. The Mets started a comeback with a couple of hits that left them one run down with a runner on third. Stanley came on to pitch to the Mets' Mookie Wilson, and threw a wild pitch (that many still say should have been an easy play for the catcher, Rich Gedman), and the tying run scored, with the potential winning runner moving up to second base. Strike 2.

Finally, Wilson got a pitch that he hit for a fair ball, a slow little nothing of a grounder to first base that 99 times out of 100 -- 999 times out of 1000 -- would have been an easy play for the first baseman to glove and stand on the base in plenty of time to beat even a speedy runner like Wilson. But the ball managed to hobble and handcuff Buckner, who watched it dribble between his legs for a single as Ray Knight ran in from second base to win the game and tie the Series at 3 - 3. Strike 3.

The Mets won the seventh and deciding game two days later at Shea.