All of us, baseball fans of every age and every generation, have the image burned into our memories of Yogi Berra leaping from behind home plate and sprinting into the arms of Don Larsen.
Not every great postseason pitching performance has been captured on video so perfectly, but dozens of them -- Bob Gibson and Roy Halladay, Madison Bumgarner, Roger Clemens and Tom Seaver -- are in our memories.
And that's one of the many reasons we love this game. We can compare generational performances and unforgettable moments.
With that in mind, we've attempted to gather baseball's 25 greatest postseason pitching performances:
1. Don Larsen, Yankees
Game 5, 1956 World Series vs. Brooklyn Dodgers
Perfect game
Next question. OK, here's what happened: Mickey Mantle homered off Sal Maglie in the fourth, and Hank Bauer singled in Andy Carey in the sixth. Larsen struck out Junior Gilliam to open the game and got Dale Mitchell to finish it.
2. Jack Morris, Twins
Game 7, 1991 World Series vs. Braves
10 innings, 126 pitches, 0 earned runs
They put the game on Morris' shoulders. He refused to lose. This will forever be one of the gold standards for every postseason pitching performance.

3. Roy Halladay, Phillies
Game 1, 2010 NLDS vs. Reds
No-hitter
Halladay's reputation as one of the game's best pitchers and fiercest competitors had been cemented long before he took the ball that night in Philadelphia. This is the game that might have first elevated him into the Hall of Fame conversation.
4. Bob Gibson, Cardinals
Game 1, 1968 World Series vs. Tigers
9 innings, 0 earned runs, 17 strikeouts
Gibson was 7-2 in nine World Series starts and had a 1.89 ERA. In the first of three starts during the 1968 Fall Classic, he was silly good.
5. Madison Bumgarner, Giants
Game 7, 2014 World Series vs. Royals
5 innings, 0 earned runs
Bumgarner was working on two days' rest after a 117-pitch complete-game shutout in Game 5 when a 3-2 lead in Game 7 was turned over to him. He put the finishing touch on the Giants' third championship in five seasons.

6. Josh Beckett, Marlins
Game 6, 2003 World Series vs. Yankees
9 innings, 0 earned runs
Just 23 years old, with 48 regular-season starts under his belt, Beckett stepped onto the mound at Yankee Stadium and won a World Series for the Marlins.
7. Tom Seaver, Mets
Game 4, 1969 World Series vs. Orioles
10 innings, 1 earned run
Seaver and Mike Cuellar went toe-to-toe in a classic matchup. The Mets scored a run off Cuellar in the second inning, and Seaver made it stand up until the ninth, when the O's tied it. Seaver then kept going until the Mets won it in the 10th.
8. Jacob Arrieta, Cubs
2015 NL Wild Card Game vs. Pirates
9 innings, 0 earned runs, 11 strikeouts
The Cubs scored a run in the first and two more in the third, and Arrieta was in cruise control. He allowed Pirates to reach scoring position in only the sixth and got out of that by inducing an inning-ending double play.

9. Mike Boddicker, Orioles
Game 2, 1983 ALCS vs. White Sox
9 innings, 0 earned runs, 14 strikeouts
The White Sox had won the opener, but Boddicker allowed only two White Sox to get as far as third base.
10. Roger Clemens, Yankees
Game 4, 2000 ALCS vs. Mariners
9 innings, 0 earned runs, 15 strikeouts
This might have been the most impressive of Clemens' 35 postseason appearances that came at the end of a season that was not his greatest.
11. Livan Hernandez, Marlins
Game 5, 1997 NLCS vs. Braves
9 innings, 1 earned run, 15 strikeouts
This is one of the performances that rightfully solidified Hernandez's reputation as one of the best big-game pitchers of his time.
12. Timothy Lincecum, Giants
Game 1, 2010 NLDS vs. Braves
9 innings, 0 earned runs, 14 strikeouts
Cody Ross singled home a run in the fourth inning, and that was all Lincecum needed in a smothering performance.

13. Sandy Koufax, Dodgers
Game 7, 1965 World Series vs. Twins
9 innings, 0 earned runs, 10 strikeouts
Koufax pitched his finest postseason game on just two days' rest after throwing a complete-game shutout in Game 5. He got two runs of support in the fourth inning of Game 7 and made them stand up.
14. Johnny Podres, Dodgers
Game 7, 1955 World Series vs. Yankees
9 innings, 0 earned runs
The Dodgers had lost five straight World Series to the Yankees, including four in a seven-year span between 1947-53. Podres, who had pitched a complete-game victory in Game 3, made two runs stand up.
15. Babe Ruth, Red Sox
Game 2, 1916 World Series vs. Brooklyn Robins
14 innings, 1 earned run
Ruth had a 0.87 ERA in three World Series starts, but none of them comes close to what the Bambino did in the first one.
16. Mike Scott, Astros
Game 1, 1986 NLCS vs. Mets
9 innings, 0 runs, 14 strikeouts
Scott was at his NL Cy Young Award-winning best in Game 1 and then beat the Mets again in Game 4. Had the Astros won Game 6, they had him lined up to pitch Game 7.
17. Randy Johnson, D-backs
Game 2, 2001 World Series vs. Yankees
9 innings, 0 runs, 11 strikeouts
Johnson will probably be best remembered for getting the final four outs of this World Series one day after throwing 104 pitches in seven innings. But Game 2 was his masterpiece, a three-hit, 11-strikeout gem.

18. Kevin Brown, Padres
Game 1, 1998 NLDS vs. Astros
8 innings, 0 earned runs, 16 strikeouts
The Astros had won 102 games, added Randy Johnson at the Trade Deadline and were the consensus World Series favorite. Then they ran into a dominant Brown in Game 1 and never recovered.
19. Ken Holtzman, A's
Game 3, 1973 ALCS vs. Orioles
11 innings, 1 earned run
Both starting pitchers went the distance. The Orioles scored a run off Holtzman in the second, but the A's tied it in the eighth and won it in on a Bert Campaneris home run in the bottom of the 11th.
20. Dave McNally, Orioles
Game 2, 1969 ALCS vs. Twins
11 innings, 0 earned runs, 11 strikeouts
Another memorable pitching duel between McNally and Dave Boswell saw them match one another until the bottom of the 11th, when the only run scored on a single by Curt Motton.
21. Mickey Lolich, Tigers
Game 7, 1968 World Series vs. Cardinals
9 innings, 1 earned run
Lolich outdueled the great Gibson in a game that was scoreless until the seventh inning, when Jim Northrup's two-run triple gave him some breathing room.
22. Mariano Rivera, Yankees
Game 7, 2003 ALCS vs. Red Sox
3 innings, 0 earned runs
Rivera was pitching for the fourth time in eight days when he got the baseball in the ninth inning. He shut out the Red Sox until Aaron Boone's home run ended it in the 11th, but he was prepared to go all night if needed.
23. Curt Schilling, Red Sox
Game 6, 2004 ALCS vs. Yankees
7 innings, 1 earned run
Schilling had a 2.23 ERA in 19 postseason appearances, and his teams were 14-5 in those games. He pitched three dominant games in the 2001 World Series. So, take your pick. Ours is seven solid ALCS innings against the Yankees with blood oozing from his right ankle through his sock.

24. Orel Hershiser, Dodgers
Game 5, 1988 World Series vs. Athletics
9 innings, 2 earned runs
No one has had a better two months. Hershiser finished the regular season with 59 scorelesss innings, then allowed just five earned runs in 42 2/3 postseason innings. His performance in Game 5 locked up a championship.
25. Christy Mathewson, Giants
Game 5, 1905 World Series vs. Philadelphia Athletics
9 innings, 0 earned runs
Pitching for the third time in six days, Mathewson shut out the Athletics for the third time. In 11 World Series starts spanning nine seasons, he had a 0.97 ERA.