A welcome addition to baseball's postseason roster of television commentators has been former Yankee David Justice. His delivery is sometimes slightly shaky, but the analysis is great, providing perspective from his experience without being patronizing or overly technical. The one area in which he could improve is in providing insight into the particular dynamic of postseason play: Justice had one of the luckiest career paths of any recent player, traveling from the Braves to the Indians to the Yankees to the A's--all teams that consistently made the playoffs. No matter what happens in the regular season, pressure situations in October amount to a whole different ball game--just ask Derek Jeter or Byung-Hun Kim.

On the other hand, I'm not sure Chris Berman's style translates well to play-by-play. Berman's qualifications are unquestionable: his depth of knowledge and vocal delivery have singlehandedly defined ESPN SportsCenter and its various spinoffs. Berman's punctuated drama provides the perfect voice-over for a half-hour of highlight reels. But for the continuous narration of an entire game, his voice seems too heavy and not fluid enough. Televised baseball is still in search of the next Vin Scully, whose every phrase captured the rhythmic precision of a finely crafted poem.