A win is a win

It would be hard to envision a less compelling game of baseball. It was ordinary from start to finish, played in a cavernous, soulless bowl, the inner part of which was composed of empty seats, calculated to dissipate the noise from what crowd there is directly upward into the atmosphere so you wouldn't know it even if the place were packed.

This was, owing to my ridiculous working hours of late, the first Yankee home game of the year that I've actually had a chance to watch. And while it was an unremarkable game, played in a setting remarkable only in its unfulfilled hype, it was a strong outing for Andy Pettitte, and, ultimately, a win for the home(less) team. And that can't be bad, can it?

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.