What a weekend. After Friday night's show, which rocked from the opening with "Bartender" all the way through the final encore of "All Along The Watchtower," now I can die in peace. Dave Matthews Band put on a show Friday that has to be among the best they've ever done. The crowd was electric from the opening chords, and the intensity never waned, even when the new songs were busted out. This concert solidified my opinion that Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King is on par with the first three albums DMB put out. New songs, old songs, it didn't matter: the band was going at full throttle, and they delivered the goods. While Saturday night's show was a bit of a letdown (but, honestly, how do you follow a night like Friday?), the whole production was amazing, and well worth the money. Now, onto a few articles that are well worth the read:
- This article is about Rickey Henderson's Hall of Fame speech. Interesting to see how he practiced and practiced to get this right. That kind of dedication is why Henderson was among the best ever.
- A good read here about Billy Beane, the GM of the Oakland Atheletics, and the man behind Michael Lewis' book "Moneyball." Beane and the A's have fallen on hard times as of late, but they still run as a model franchise for mid-market teams to emulate. Still, I can't really envision a movie covering this topic. Even with Brad Pitt in the lead it seems as if it would be a bit dry at best, and a distortion of the book at the worst.
- Eugene Robinson is an excellent opinion writer for The Washington Post, one of two remaining powerhouse newspapers in America. Here, he articulately and accurately confronts the GOP over the joke of their "opposition" to the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor. Well done, Mr. Robinson, well done.
- Howard Bryant writes in detail about the tragedy of David Ortiz testing positive for PEDs in 2003. Bryant's view makes one wonder what really happened; is Ortiz an innocent who got tripped up by something from GNC, or is he really just another in the long line of hypocrites in sports? Only time will tell.
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