Like SC and goombah, I love comparing and looking up players' postseason performance. And Jackson and Ortiz have certainly earned their reputations as proficient postseason performers.

It's hard to compare players of different eras as there were no playoffs until 1969, and from 1969 to 1995 there was only one round of playoffs with the championship series changing from best of 5 to 7 in 1985. And from 1995 and extra round of playoffs was inserted.

Some of the top performers, in addition to Ortiz, in postseason that might be overlooked in this most recent era are Marquis Grissom, Troy Glaus (9 homers in 88 abs and a .321 avg.), Lenny Dykstra (10 homers in 136 abs, .321 avg.), David Freese (7 homers .305) and my previously named personal postseason favorite, carlos Beltran (.339 16 HRs 38 rbi in 47 games).

The best postseason starting pitcher of our era has to be Curt Schilling with a record of 11-2 and an era of 2.23 and a WHIP of .996. He's closely followed by John Smoltz, 15-4, 2.67 and 1.114.