Chez

^^^ Great read. Thanks for posting, OCB.

^^^ Just saw John Prine Friday at the Ryman. So many great, GREAT songs and a real class act. I hope he makes it.

John Prine and Hiss Golden Messenger

The whole "Cult of Theo" narrative is starting to wear me out. Has he been successful with two franchises that hadn't won a World Series for decades until he got there? Absolutely. But he's benefited tremendously from working for ownership that has essentially given him a blank check to assemble a team. Jason Heyward? Terrible signing/contract. Tyler Chatwood? Terrible signing/contract. Signing two pitchers with a history of injuries (Morrow and Darvish) to mega contracts? Terrible decisions that ownership allowed him to partially erase by spending even even more money to obtain Murp

I'm saddened by how partisan and polarized virtually every public institution has become.

Great photo! Who took it?

Yeah, I caught them at a New Years Eve Show in Chicago close to 20 years ago. Jaw-dropping. I still can't get over how Dana played two different saxes at the same time ("circular breathing"?!).

Man, I miss Mark Sandman and Morphine. Loved that band.

^^^ Spectacular.