Way to go, Matt Stairs. For a guy who has hit very well his entire career, you just had the biggest hit of your life.

  Cnt AgeY.D                   Date          Series G Tm   Opp GmReslt PA AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions
+----+------+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+
    1 40.229 Matt Stairs       2008-10-13    NLCS   4 PHI @LAD W  7-5   1  1  1  1  0  0  1   2  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 9th PH
    2 39.270 Johnny Mize       1952-10-03    WS     3 NYY  BRO L  3-5   1  1  1  1  0  0  1   1  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 9th PH
    3 38.139 Eric Young        2005-10-04    NLDS   1 SDP @STL L  5-8   2  2  1  1  0  0  1   2  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 1st PH CF
    4 38.007 Ruben Sierra      2003-10-13    ALCS   4 NYY @BOS L  2-3   1  1  1  1  0  0  1   1  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 8th PH
    5 37.293 Hank Majeski      1954-10-02    WS     4 CLE  NYG L  4-7   1  1  1  1  0  0  1   3  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 9th PH
    6 37.097 So Taguchi        2006-10-07    NLDS   3 STL  SDP L  1-3   1  1  1  1  0  0  1   1  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 9th PH LF
    7 37.068 Jay Buhner        2001-10-20    ALCS   3 SEA @NYY W 14-3   1  1  1  1  0  0  1   1  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 3rd PH RF
    8 37.004 Mark McGwire      2000-10-05    NLDS   2 STL  ATL W 10-4   1  1  1  1  0  0  1   1  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 9th PH
    9 35.338 Jay Johnstone     1981-10-24    WS     4 LAD  NYY W  8-7   1  1  1  1  0  0  1   2  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 9th PH
   10 34.278 Jim Leyritz       1998-10-01    NLDS   2 SDP @HOU L  4-5   1  1  1  1  0  0  1   2  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 6th PH 1B
   11 34.180 Turner Ward       1999-10-08    NLDS   3 ARI @NYM L  2-9   1  1  1  1  0  0  1   2  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 9th PH
   12 34.072 Troy O'Leary      2003-10-15    NLCS   7 CHC  FLA L  6-9   1  1  1  1  0  0  1   1  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 9th PH
   13 33.083 Harry Spilman     1987-10-09    NLCS   3 SFG  STL L  5-6   1  1  1  1  0  0  1   1  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 1st PH
   14 33.029 Eduardo Perez     2002-10-10    NLCS   2 STL  SFG L  1-4   1  1  1  1  0  0  1   1  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 9th PH
   15 32.288 Jason Giambi      2003-10-23    WS     5 NYY @FLA L  4-6   1  1  1  1  0  0  1   1  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 9th PH
   16 32.249 John Lowenstein   1979-10-03    ALCS   1 BAL  CAL W  6-3   1  1  1  1  0  0  1   3  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 2nd PH
   17 32.222 J.T. Snow         2000-10-05    NLDS   2 SFG  NYM L  4-5   1  1  1  1  0  0  1   3  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 6th PH 1B
   18 32.181 Greg Myers        1998-10-12    NLCS   5 SDP  ATL L  6-7   1  1  1  1  0  0  1   2  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 8th PH
   19 31.321 Paul Sorrento     1997-10-04    ALDS   3 SEA @BAL W  4-2   2  2  1  1  0  0  1   1  0   0  1   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 7th PH 1B
   20 31.278 Chili Davis       1991-10-22    WS     3 MIN @ATL L  4-5   1  1  1  1  0  0  1   2  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 9th PH
   21 31.225 Elston Howard     1960-10-05    WS     1 NYY @PIT L  4-6   1  1  1  1  0  0  1   2  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 9th PH
   22 31.210 Mike Pagliarulo   1991-10-11    ALCS   3 MIN @TOR W  3-2   1  1  1  1  0  0  1   1  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 9th PH 3B
   23 31.140 Kirk Gibson       1988-10-15    WS     1 LAD  OAK W  5-4   1  1  1  1  0  0  1   2  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 9th PH
   24 31.084 Bobby Kielty      2007-10-28    WS     4 BOS @COL W  4-3   1  1  1  1  0  0  1   1  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 9th PH
   25 29.246 Bake McBride      1978-10-07    NLCS   4 PHI @LAD L  3-4   1  1  1  1  0  0  1   1  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 9th PH       

Hell yes, #23!

Over on my 88 Topps Cards blog (on the Brook Jacoby card for some odd reason) a reader postulated that if Wade Boggs hadn't played for the Red Sox, he wouldn't have been a HOFer. My initial reaction was extreme incredulity, but let's look a bit into the numbers.

Taking a quick first swing, let's look at Boggs' career home/road splits:

 I Split          G   GS    PA    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB  IBB  SO  HBP  SH  SF ROE GDP  SB   CS   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  BAbip tOPS+ Split
+-+------------+----+----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------------+
   Home         1242 1193  5415  4590  849 1623 362  29  70  532  757  97  387  13  12  43  60 119   11  17  .354  .443  .491  .934  .372   118 Home
   Away         1197 1131  5325  4590  664 1387 216  32  48  481  655  83  358  10  17  53  71 117   13  18  .302  .387  .395  .781  .316    82 Away

Wowsers, right away the case is looking pretty bad for Boggs. His batting average was more than 50 points higher at home, as was his OBP. His OPS+ split is 118 at home, pretty darn good, and 82 on the road, not all that good. Interesting that he was right at 100 for his career.

But those splits include his years with the Yankees and (then) Devil Rays. Let's look at his home/road splits during just his years with Boston, 1982-1992.

First home:
 I    Year        G   GS    PA    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB  IBB  SO  HBP  SH  SF ROE GDP  SB   CS   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  BAbip tOPS+ Year
+-+-------+---------+----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
      1982        55   45   207   180   34   64  12   1   4   30   21   3   12   0   2   4   2   5    1   0  .356  .415  .500  .915  .357   116 1982
      1983        80   80   356   302   53  120  34   3   2   37   53   1   18   0   1   0   5   6    1   2  .397  .487  .550 1.037  .418   123 1983
      1984        79   78   371   318   58  112  17   3   5   27   48   4   22   0   4   1   7   6    1   1  .352  .436  .472  .908  .366   121 1984
      1985        80   80   367   311   60  130  24   2   6   39   51   2   38   3   1   1   6  10    1   1  .418  .503  .566 1.069  .463   130 1985
      1986        73   73   331   277   53   99  29   0   3   36   51   6   24   0   2   1   4   6    0   0  .357  .456  .495  .951  .382   102 1986
      1987        75   75   339   282   60  116  28   3  10   50   53  12   24   0   1   3   2   6    1   1  .411  .500  .638 1.138  .422   117 1987
      1988        79   79   367   285   74  109  29   3   4   35   76  11   18   3   0   3   5  12    0   2  .382  .512  .547 1.060  .395   119 1988
      1989        78   78   366   300   62  113  37   4   2   27   57   8   21   4   0   5   5  11    1   4  .377  .475  .547 1.022  .394   132 1989
      1990        80   80   363   309   51  111  30   1   3   32   52  10   42   0   0   2   3   7    0   0  .359  .449  .492  .941  .406   134 1990
      1991        69   66   301   252   50   98  28   2   6   32   47  15   12   0   0   2   3   8    0   1  .389  .482  .587 1.069  .390   142 1991
      1992        75   71   306   251   39   61  13   3   4   26   48  12   12   3   0   4   2   4    1   2  .243  .366  .367  .733  .238   106 1992



That's 823 games with 1133 hits in 3067 AB (.369 BA.)
Now his away:

 I    Year        G   GS    PA    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB  IBB  SO  HBP  SH  SF ROE GDP  SB   CS   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  BAbip tOPS+ Year
+-+-------+---------+----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
      1982        49   38   174   158   17   54   2   0   1   14   14   1    9   0   2   0   0   4    0   0  .342  .395  .373  .769  .358    82 1982
      1983        73   73   329   280   47   90  10   4   3   36   39   1   18   1   2   7   4   9    2   1  .321  .398  .418  .815  .327    76 1983
      1984        79   79   355   307   51   91  14   1   1   28   41   2   22   0   4   3   2   7    2   1  .296  .376  .358  .734  .314    78 1984
      1985        81   80   391   342   47  110  18   1   2   39   45   3   23   1   2   1   6  10    1   0  .322  .401  .398  .799  .340    72 1985
      1986        76   75   362   303   54  108  18   2   5   35   54   8   20   0   2   3   6   5    0   4  .356  .450  .479  .929  .367    98 1986
      1987        72   71   328   269   48   84  12   3  14   39   52   7   24   2   0   5   0   7    0   2  .312  .421  .535  .956  .297    82 1987
      1988        76   75   352   299   54  105  16   3   1   23   49   7   16   0   0   4   3  11    2   1  .351  .438  .435  .872  .364    81 1988
      1989        78   77   376   321   51   92  14   3   1   27   50  11   30   3   0   2   9   8    1   2  .287  .386  .358  .744  .312    70 1989
      1990        75   75   350   310   38   76  14   4   3   31   35   9   26   1   0   4   4   7    0   0  .245  .320  .345  .665  .256    65 1990
      1991        75   74   340   294   43   83  14   0   2   19   42  10   20   0   0   4   8   8    1   1  .282  .368  .350  .718  .293    64 1991
      1992        68   64   292   263   23   72   9   1   3   24   26   7   19   1   0   2   5   6    0   1  .274  .339  .350  .689  .284    94 1992



That's 802 games with 965 hits in 3146 AB (.307 BA.)
Certainly Boggs was no slouch on the road, although he was primarily a singles hitter away from Fenway, as the differential between his road SLG and road BA is much smaller than the differential between his home SLG and home BA.
Let's do a quick back-of-the envelope calculation. If we apply Boggs' road BA to his home ABs, he would have had 940 hits instead of 1133, a loss of 193. That takes him down to 2817 hits in his career, and if he had a career SLG under .400 like his road numbers, he probably would not have made the HOF.
But, if we click the "neutralize stats" link on his page, he moves up to 3092 career hits, although his batting average is mainly unchanged.
It's tough to say what would have happened to Boggs if he hadn't played for Boston. There's no doubting that he was an excellent hitter, and I'm sure he would have tailored his game to wherever his home park was.

			

Using Play Index to find great starts for pitchers in the post-season, I noticed that the best game pitched, on this date (October 11th), probably belongs to Big Ed Walsh - with the game being Game 3 of the 1906 World Series between the White Sox and the Cubs.  (His effort was 3 baserunners over a perfect game.)

The attendance that day?  According to the boxscore, it was 13,667.  Then again, the ballpark only held 16,000.

Brett Myers did it last night.

  Cnt Player            Date          Series G Tm   Opp GmReslt PA AB  R  **H** 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions
+----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+--+--+--+------+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+
    1 Brett Myers       2008-10-10    NLCS   2 PHI  LAD W  8-5   3  3  2    3    0  0  0   3  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 9th P         
    2 Dontrelle Willis  2003-10-04    NLDS   4 FLA  SFG W  7-6   3  3  1    3    0  1  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 9th P         
    3 Orel Hershiser    1988-10-16    WS     2 LAD  OAK W  6-0   3  3  1    3    2  0  0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 9th P         
    4 Art Nehf          1924-10-04    WS     1 NYG @WSH W  4-3   5  5  1    3    0  0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 9th P         
    5 Dutch Ruether     1919-10-01    WS     1 CIN  CHW W  9-1   4  3  1    3    0  2  0   3  1   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 9th P         
    6 Rube Foster       1915-10-09    WS     2 BOS @PHI W  2-1   4  4  0    3    1  0  0   1  0   0  1   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 9th P         
    7 Charley Hall      1912-10-15    WS     7 BOS  NYG L  4-11  4  3  0    3    1  0  0   0  1   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 9th P         
    8 Jack Coombs       1910-10-20    WS     3 PHA @CHC W 12-5   5  5  0    3    1  0  0   3  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   1  0  0 9th P         

I knew that this was a trend, but I didn't realize how sharp a trend it was.

Number of MLB players weighing 250 lbs. or more.

 2008     23 Prince Fielder / Jose Valverde / Tyler Walker / Bobby Jenks / Frank Thomas / J.J. Putz / Boof Bonser / Carlos Zambrano / Justin Masterson / Nick Blackburn / Adam Russell / Chris Young / C.C. Sabathia / Jason Botts / Chris Britton / Jeff Fulchino / Brad Nelson / Bartolo Colon / Chad Paronto / Jeff Niemann / Eddie Kunz / Jason Hirsh / Ryan Bukvich 
 2006     19 Prince Fielder / Frank Thomas / J.J. Putz / Bobby Jenks / Andrew Sisco / Chad Paronto / Chris Britton / Jose Valverde / Carlos Zambrano / Chris Young / C.C. Sabathia / Tyler Walker / Jason Botts / Boof Bonser / Bartolo Colon / Jason Hirsh / Joel Guzman / Colter Bean / Jeff Fulchino 
 2007     18 Prince Fielder / Frank Thomas / J.J. Putz / Bobby Jenks / Jose Valverde / Jason Botts / Ryan Bukvich / Chad Paronto / Carlos Zambrano / C.C. Sabathia / Boof Bonser / Chris Young / Andrew Sisco / Bartolo Colon / Jason Hirsh / Joel Guzman / Tyler Walker / Jonathan Albaladejo 
 2005     17 Andrew Sisco / Tyler Walker / J.J. Putz / Jose Valverde / Prince Fielder / Carlos Zambrano / Frank Thomas / Bartolo Colon / Bobby Jenks / Chris Young / C.C. Sabathia / J.J. Davis / Walter Young / Jason Botts / Calvin Pickering / Ryan Bukvich / Colter Bean 
 2004     13 Frank Thomas / J.J. Putz / Tyler Walker / Bucky Jacobsen / Calvin Pickering / Bartolo Colon / Carlos Zambrano / C.C. Sabathia / Jose Valverde / J.J. Davis / Ryan Bukvich / Chris Young / Jeff D'Amico 
 2003     10 Frank Thomas / Jose Valverde / Bartolo Colon / Carlos Zambrano / C.C. Sabathia / Jeff D'Amico / J.J. Davis / Ryan Bukvich / Chad Paronto / J.J. Putz 
 2002     10 Frank Thomas / C.C. Sabathia / Carlos Zambrano / Chad Paronto / Jeff D'Amico / Rich Garces / Ryan Bukvich / Bartolo Colon / J.J. Davis / Tyler Walker 
 2001      9 Rich Garces / Bartolo Colon / C.C. Sabathia / Chad Paronto / Frank Thomas / Calvin Pickering / Bobby Munoz / Jeff D'Amico / Carlos Zambrano 
 1999      7 Frank Thomas / Bartolo Colon / Rich Garces / Calvin Pickering / Steve Rain / Jeff Juden / Jeff D'Amico 
 1998      6 Frank Thomas / Bartolo Colon / Rich Garces / Calvin Pickering / Bobby Munoz / Jeff Juden 
 1997      6 Frank Thomas / Jeff D'Amico / Bartolo Colon / Rich Garces / Bobby Munoz / Jeff Juden 
 2000      5 Frank Thomas / Rich Garces / Steve Rain / Bartolo Colon / Jeff D'Amico 
 1996      5 Frank Thomas / Rich Garces / Jeff Juden / Jeff D'Amico / Bobby Munoz 
 1995      5 Frank Thomas / Jeff Juden / Sam Horn / Rich Garces / Bobby Munoz 
 1993      5 Frank Thomas / Bobby Munoz / Sam Horn / Rich Garces / Jeff Juden 
 1994      4 Frank Thomas / Bobby Munoz / Willie Smith / Jeff Juden 
 1990      4 Sam Horn / Frank Thomas / Chuck Malone / Rich Garces 
 1991      3 Frank Thomas / Sam Horn / Jeff Juden      
 1989      3 Joey Meyer / Sam Horn / Tim Stoddard      
 1988      3 Joey Meyer / Tim Stoddard / Sam Horn      

In every other season there were no more than 2.

Of course there are many different reasons that a player can weigh that much...

Here are the teams with the most in 2008.

 2008 NL Milwaukee Brewers                      3 Prince Fielder / C.C. Sabathia / Brad Nelson 
 2008 AL Boston Red Sox                         2 Justin Masterson / Bartolo Colon          
 2008 AL Chicago White Sox                      2 Bobby Jenks / Adam Russell                
 2008 NL Houston Astros                         2 Jose Valverde / Chad Paronto              
 2008 AL Minnesota Twins                        2 Boof Bonser / Nick Blackburn              
 2008 AL Baltimore Orioles                      1 Ryan Bukvich                              
 2008 NL Chicago Cubs                           1 Carlos Zambrano                           
 2008 AL Cleveland Indians                      1 C.C. Sabathia                             
 2008 NL Colorado Rockies                       1 Jason Hirsh                               
 2008 AL Kansas City Royals                     1 Jeff Fulchino                             
 2008 NL New York Mets                          1 Eddie Kunz                                
 2008 AL New York Yankees                       1 Chris Britton                             
 2008 AL Oakland Athletics                      1 Frank Thomas                              
 2008 NL San Diego Padres                       1 Chris Young                               
 2008 AL Seattle Mariners                       1 J.J. Putz                                 
 2008 NL San Francisco Giants                   1 Tyler Walker                              
 2008 AL Tampa Bay Rays                         1 Jeff Niemann                              
 2008 AL Texas Rangers                          1 Jason Botts                               
 2008 AL Toronto Blue Jays                      1 Frank Thomas                              

Reader kingturtle pointed out in the suggestions that Justin Morneau played all 163 of the Twins' games this year as the cleanup hitter. Here are the leaders since 1956, in terms of games played in one year at cleanup:

                   Year Games Link to Individual Games
 -----------------+----+-----+------------------------- 
 Justin Morneau    2008   163 Ind. Games                
 Ron Santo         1963   162 Ind. Games                
 Eddie Murray      1984   162 Ind. Games                
 Cecil Fielder     1991   162 Ind. Games                
 Carlos Delgado    2000   162 Ind. Games                
 Rocky Colavito    1965   162 Ind. Games                
 Don Baylor        1979   162 Ind. Games                
 Joe Torre         1971   161 Ind. Games                
 Carlos Lee        2005   161 Ind. Games                
 Carlos Delgado    2003   161 Ind. Games                
 Rocky Colavito    1961   161 Ind. Games                
 Bobby Bonilla     1989   161 Ind. Games                
 Albert Belle      1997   161 Ind. Games                
 Albert Belle      1999   161 Ind. Games                

If I'm using Play Index correctly, last night...er, make that early this morning...when the Red Sox lost, at Fenway, to the Angels in 12 innings, it was just the 10th time in baseball history that a team lost a home game in the post-season where they played 12 innings or more.  The others:

  Cnt Date          Series G Tm   Opp GmReslt  IP   H  R ER BB SO HR Pit Str IR IS  BF  AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk Ptchrs   ERA
+----+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+------+------+
       1 2005-10-25 WS     3 HOU  CHW L  5-7  14   14  7  7  9 11  2 237 149  6  0  64  53  2  0   1   2  0  0   3  2  0  0      8   4.50
       2 1999-10-08 NLDS   3 HOU  ATL L  3-5  12   12  5  5  5 18  1 197 129  0  0  51  46  1  0   2   0  0  0   2  1  0  1      4   3.75
       3 1998-10-07 ALCS   2 NYY  CLE L  1-4  12    8  4  4  4  9  1 196 126  3  2  47  42  0  1   0   1  0  0   1  0  0  0      5   3.00
       4 1996-10-05 ALDS   4 CLE  BAL L  3-4  12   14  4  4  3 23  3 211 134  2  0  53  50  2  0   1   0  0  0   0  0  1  0      7   3.00
       5 1988-10-09 NLCS   4 NYM  LAD L  4-5  12    7  5  5  6 10  2 173 112  2  0  49  42  0  0   0   0  1  0   1  4  0  2      3   3.75
       6 1986-10-15 NLCS   6 HOU  NYM L  6-7  16   11  7  7  8 11  0 236 145  2  2  64  54  2  1   2   0  1  1   2  0  0  2      5   3.94
       7 1973-10-14 WS     2 OAK  NYM L  7-10 12   15 10  5  4 10  2          8  7  61  54  1  0   1   2  1  0   0  0  0  0      6   3.75
       8 1973-10-09 NLCS   4 NYM  CIN L  1-2  12    8  2  2  5  7  2          1  0  48  42  0  0   1   0  1  0   2  0  0  1      3   1.50
       9 1924-10-04 WS     1 WSH  NYG L  3-4  12   14  4  3  6 12  2                51  43  2  0   1   0  1  1   1  1  1  1      1   2.25
   
Games found: 9.

Here are the leaders for most consecutive games with a homer to start the post-season. So this doesn't count each series separately, but rather the first series that a given player played in each year.

                   StreakStart  Streak End Games    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SO   BB   SB   CS   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 Juan Gonzalez      1996-10-01  1996-10-05     4     16    5    7   0   0   5    9    2    3    0   0  .438  .526 1.375 1.901 TEX                                         
 Jeffrey Leonard    1987-10-06  1987-10-10     4     13    5    7   0   0   4    5    1    2    0   0  .538  .625 1.462 2.087 SFG                                         

 Bengie Molina      2005-10-04  2005-10-07     3     11    4    5   0   0   3    5    0    0    0   0  .455  .500 1.273 1.773 LAA                                         
 Hank Aaron         1969-10-04  1969-10-06     3     14    3    5   2   0   3    7    1    0    0   0  .357  .357 1.143 1.500 ATL                                         
 Hank Bauer         1958-10-01  1958-10-04     3     13    4    7   0   0   3    7    2    0    0   0  .538  .538 1.231 1.769 NYY                                         
 Johnny Mize        1952-10-03  1952-10-05     3      9    3    4   1   0   3    5    1    1    0   0  .444  .500 1.556 2.056 NYY                                         

 Matt Holliday      2007-10-03  2007-10-04     2      9    2    3   0   0   2    3    2    0    0   0  .333  .333 1.000 1.333 COL                                         
 So Taguchi         2006-10-07  2006-10-13     2      2    2    2   0   0   2    2    0    0    0   0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 STL                                         
 Javy Lopez         2002-10-02  2002-10-03     2      8    3    3   0   0   2    3    0    0    0   0  .375  .375 1.125 1.500 ATL                                         
 Troy Glaus         2002-10-01  2002-10-02     2      9    3    4   0   0   3    3    2    0    0   0  .444  .444 1.444 1.888 ANA                                         
 Derek Jeter        2002-10-01  2002-10-02     2      7    4    5   0   0   2    2    1    2    0   0  .714  .778 1.571 2.349 NYY                                         
 Jim Thome          1999-10-06  1999-10-07     2      7    3    2   0   0   2    6    1    1    0   0  .286  .375 1.143 1.518 CLE                                         
 Ken Caminiti       1999-10-05  1999-10-06     2      7    2    4   0   0   2    4    0    1    0   1  .571  .625 1.429 2.054 HOU                                         
 Shane Spencer      1998-09-30  1998-10-02     2      6    3    3   0   0   2    4    1    0    0   0  .500  .500 1.500 2.000 NYY                                         
 Derek Jeter        1997-09-30  1997-10-02     2      9    3    4   0   0   2    2    3    1    0   0  .444  .500 1.111 1.611 NYY                                         
 Brady Anderson     1996-10-01  1996-10-02     2      9    3    4   0   0   2    3    2    0    0   0  .444  .400 1.111 1.511 BAL                                         
 Ken Griffey        1995-10-03  1995-10-04     2     11    4    5   0   0   3    5    0    0    0   0  .455  .417 1.273 1.690 SEA                                         
 Marquis Grissom    1995-10-03  1995-10-04     2     11    3    4   1   0   3    3    2    0    0   0  .364  .364 1.273 1.637 ATL                                         
 Ruben Sierra       1995-10-03  1995-10-04     2     12    2    3   1   0   2    4    3    0    0   0  .250  .250  .833 1.083 NYY                                         
 Kevin Mitchell     1989-10-04  1989-10-05     2      9    4    5   0   0   2    5    1    0    0   0  .556  .556 1.222 1.778 SFG                                         
 Jose Canseco       1988-10-05  1988-10-06     2      8    2    2   0   0   2    3    1    0    0   0  .250  .250 1.000 1.250 OAK                                         
 Dan Ford           1979-10-03  1979-10-04     2      9    2    4   1   0   2    3    0    0    0   0  .444  .444 1.222 1.666 CAL                                         
 Davey Lopes        1978-10-04  1978-10-05     2      9    3    6   1   1   2    5    0    0    0   0  .667  .667 1.667 2.334 LAD                                         
 Joe Morgan         1972-10-07  1972-10-08     2      8    3    3   0   0   2    2    0    1    0   0  .375  .444 1.125 1.569 CIN                                         
 Harmon Killebrew   1970-10-03  1970-10-04     2      8    2    3   0   0   2    4    2    1    0   0  .375  .444 1.125 1.569 MIN                                         
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
                   StreakStart  Streak End Games    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SO   BB   SB   CS   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 Dusty Rhodes       1954-09-29  1954-09-30     2      3    2    3   0   0   2    5    0    0    0   0 1.000 1.000 3.000 4.000 NYG                                         
 Mickey Cochrane    1930-10-01  1930-10-02     2      6    3    2   0   0   2    2    1    2    0   1  .333  .500 1.333 1.833 PHA                                         
 Jimmie Foxx        1929-10-08  1929-10-09     2      9    3    5   1   0   2    4    0    0    0   0  .556  .556 1.333 1.889 PHA                                         
 Casey Stengel      1923-10-10  1923-10-12     2      6    2    3   0   0   2    2    0    2    0   0  .500  .625 1.500 2.125 NYG                                         

Manny Ramirez has homered in the first two games this year (although he doesn't show up on the above list as of yet.) He has a chance to become just the 7th player to homer in his first 3 post-season games of a particular season if he goes deep again against the Cubs in Game 3 of the NLDS.

Evan Longoria, in today's ALDS game between the Rays and Chisox had three hits - including two homers. Which player has the most post-season games in his career where he had three (or more) hits with two (or more) of them being for extra bases? Thanks to Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Post-Season Batting Game Finder, here's the leaders with such games:

                   Games Link to Individual Games
+-----------------+-----+-------------------------+
 Reggie Jackson        6 Ind. Games                
 Bernie Williams       4 Ind. Games                
 Duke Snider           3 Ind. Games                
 Gary Sheffield        3 Ind. Games                
 Babe Ruth             3 Ind. Games                
 Alex Rodriguez        3 Ind. Games                
 Manny Ramirez         3 Ind. Games                
 Trot Nixon            3 Ind. Games                
 Fred McGriff          3 Ind. Games                
 Jeff Kent             3 Ind. Games                
 Andruw Jones          3 Ind. Games                
 Derek Jeter           3 Ind. Games                
 Billy Hatcher         3 Ind. Games                
 Steve Garvey          3 Ind. Games                
 Jack Barry            3 Ind. Games                
 Roberto Alomar        3 Ind. Games                

I guess Reggie really wasn't kidding with that "Mr. October" thing?

Evan Longoria already has 2 HR for the Rays today. Here are all the other players with 2 HR in their first post-season game (nobody as of this writing has ever had 3...):

                   StreakStart  Streak End Games    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SO   BB   SB   CS   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 Todd Walker        2003-10-01  2003-10-01     1      5    2    4   0   0   2    3    0    0    0   0  .800  .800 2.000 2.800 BOS                                         
 Troy Glaus         2002-10-01  2002-10-01     1      4    2    2   0   0   2    2    1    0    0   0  .500  .500 2.000 2.500 ANA                                         
 Edgardo Alfonzo    1999-10-05  1999-10-05     1      5    2    2   0   0   2    5    1    0    0   0  .400  .400 1.600 2.000 NYM                                         
 B.J. Surhoff       1996-10-01  1996-10-01     1      4    2    2   0   0   2    2    0    0    0   0  .500  .500 2.000 2.500 BAL                                         
 Ken Griffey        1995-10-03  1995-10-03     1      5    3    3   0   0   2    3    0    0    0   0  .600  .600 1.800 2.400 SEA                                         
 Chipper Jones      1995-10-03  1995-10-03     1      5    2    2   0   0   2    2    0    0    0   0  .400  .400 1.600 2.000 ATL                                         
 Gary Gaetti        1987-10-07  1987-10-07     1      3    3    2   0   0   2    2    0    1    0   0  .667  .750 2.667 3.417 MIN                                         
 Ted Kluszewski     1959-10-01  1959-10-01     1      4    2    3   0   0   2    5    0    0    0   0  .750  .750 2.250 3.000 CHW