Bill Shaikin: Baseball needs to showcase its traditional playoff stars — starting pitchers

For a position player, the classic postseason images come in moments: Kirk Gibson limping around the bases on his legendary home run; Justin Turner knifing through midair to apply a tag and then swirling 180 degrees to throw out another runner from one knee; Brett Phillips giddily spinning like an airplane after his single triggered a walk-off circus.

For more than a century, the pitchers have been the enduring legends of the fall. From Sandy Koufax to Orel Hershiser, from Bob Gibson to Mickey Lolich, from Randy Johnson to Madison Bumgarner, these are the men who stood tall atop