You are correct about the walkoff terminology. A score that puts the home team (the team batting second) ahead in the bottom of the final inning in regulation or in extra innings is considered a walkoff because it ends the game. Under normal circumstances, of course, the team would continue to bat because it had not had three outs.
On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 11:27 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I did not know what a “walk-off” grand slam was either. I take it the > other team “walks off” because the game is OVER. Quite a feat! The only > thing better would be a walk off, inside the park grand slam home run, I > guess. Fran > > > > On several occasions in major league history, the first being Connor's 1881 > home run, a player has hit a walk-off grand > slam<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk-off_home_run>for a one-run victory; > some baseball observers call this an "ultimate grand > slam".[2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_slam_(baseball)#cite_note-SI-1%23cite_note-SI-1> > Roberto > Clemente <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Clemente> is the only > player to date to have performed this feat as an > inside-the-park<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_run#Inside-the-park_home_run>grand > slam, helping the Pittsburgh > Pirates <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates> defeat the Chicago > Cubs <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Cubs> 9-8 on July 25, 1956 at > Forbes > Field <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes_Field>.** > > * * > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Shane Ford > *Sent:* Sunday, May 31, 2009 9:50 PM > *To:* GatorNEWS > *Subject:* [gatornews] [SUN]: Walk-off grand slam lifts UF softball to > championship series > > > *Walk-off grand slam lifts UF softball to championship series* > > > Gainesville SUN Staff report > > Published: Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 8:51 p.m. > Last Modified: Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 8:51 p.m. > > > > Trailing 5-2 in the bottom of the seventh inning, the UF softball team > needed a miracle and got it. > > Ali Gardner hit a walk-off grand slam to send a raucous group of Gators > into the Women's College World Series championship series with a 6-5 victory > over Alabama Sunday in Oklahoma City, Okla. > > The Gators, who were facing an elimination game with Alabama later tonight > if they had lost to the Tide, will now await the winner of the > Washington-Georgia game tonight. > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
