Asleep at the switch, or Kansas City is so exciting I couldn't sit still long enough to comment on the last two games.

First, my apologies for being asleep at the switch, and therefore failing to fawn over Andy Pettitte (as I've basically done for the last 14 years) after he started his season off with a solid performance. Second, a further confession: I missed most of today's game, too. But 7 2/3 scoreless innings from Sabathia is, indeed, more like it. I'm not sure why he had to come out, but I guess there's something to be said for preserving your starters so early in the season, even if they come with a rubber-arm reputation.

And so, onward. Joba Chamberlain, the man who would logically be the closer-in-waiting, gets the start because it's been decided he's a starter. I have yet to see much evidence to that effect, so we'll see how it goes.