Work's work and Carlos Zambrano needed sleep

Blogging to get my mind off of the presentation I am required to be a part of at work today. I can stand up in front on anyone with a guitar and voice and not sweat about it at all. But when I have yak about good and bad oral history interview techniques in front of professional interviewers and videographers a kid gets a bit tense. It's only 10AM and I'm already thinking about my six-pack of Danish beer that I'll deem my reward. There are many visitors from around the country milling about. And I'm wearing a nametag. Hello, my name is...

On to baseball. So here's a few things I recently learned about major league baseball starting pitchers.

+ If the home team has various home uniforms, the starting pitcher gets to choose what uniform the team wears that day. For example, you won't see Carlos Zambrano wearing the traditional Cubs pin stripes. He always goes for the blue jerseys. That sucks I think. You are a CUB, wear those stripes.

+ If the home team has a game and is slated to travel to a different city after the game or early the next morning the starting pitcher for that coming away game will travel ahead of the rest of the team in order to get a good night's rest for his start. Smart. Mr. Zambrano did this for his start tonight in San Francisco.

Hold your thumbs. And thanks.