Doing it every day is much harder than showing up for the playoffs. The guy is offering insight on Kershaw/Jansen right now, not going deep on the Dodgers' 40-man because somebody got an emergency call-up for a doubleheader in August.

Chris Archer was the star of last off-season, and I'd love to see more of him when his career is done. But the job gets a lot harder when you exhaust all the smart stuff you have to say and there's still four months of games left.

He's also working next to Pete Rose, who seems utterly uninterested in doing anything but promoting his job. And Frank Thomas, who isn't nearly as smart a commentator as he was a hitter. Though in fairness, explaining his near perfect pitch-recognition and knowledge of the strikezone doesn't seem easy.