For nearly all of the first three quarters and most of the fourth, young Dorsett played an error-free game.
The other priority on the individual wish list is for an uncluttered, error-free game by the wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow.
Kevin Youkilis had a double and a run-scoring single while playing his 194th consecutive error-free game to break Steve Garvey's record for a first baseman.
Shane Matthews, unhappy that he was benched three weeks ago, justified his complaint by leading a methodical, almost error-free game.
A1 Knoblauch had an error-free game in the Yanks' 3-1 loss to Chicago, a night after his frustration over three errors led him to leave Yankee Stadium before that game was over.
And in a world in which the competition grows ever crueler and the jockeying for advantage more intense, parents feel it's more incumbent on them than ever to leave no stone unturned and to play an error-free game.
"We have so many clean, error-free games.
And prior to Monday's double-header against the Braves, Mientkiewicz had backed that up, with six error-free games at third base and two error-free games at second base in his 11-year career.
But just as he is about to break the NCAA record for error-free games, he forgets how to throw.
"I told the guys we could win if we played an error-free football game.
"We've put Launchbury in pressure situations in training games and he's virtually error free.
