In the spirit of BCB After Dark, done ably by Josh and Sara (and Sara promises to return to After Dark this season), I am today beginning a new occasional feature: BCB This Morning.
What is BCB This Morning? Basically, it’s an article intended to stimulate discussion when I don’t have a specific topic to talk about mid-morning, as I often do. How often is this feature going to appear? Well… kind of whenever I feel like it, or when there’s no big news to discuss.
Today, I want you to eschew analytics and numbers and tell all of us how you feel about the Chicago Cubs going into the 2026 season. What’s one word that comes to mind when you think about the season about to begin? I’ve left a few possible words in the poll below, but also am giving you a slot to put in your own choice. (Keep it to one word, and please keep it clean.)
Also in the spirit of BCB After Dark, I’m going to include a song choice here. My focus is going to be on 1970s music, though I might occasionally drop in something from before or after that time. I choose the ‘70s because that was the time I was a college DJ (at the same college station with the late WXRT morning man Lin Brehmer), and also worked briefly at a couple of commercial radio stations.
Today’s selection is from Greg Kihn, who was a popular artist on progressive rock stations in the 1970s and 1980s. He had hits with “The Breakup Song” and “Jeopardy” in the ‘80s, but this is one of my faves, one of his earliest songs (recorded in 1975, a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s original from his record “Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ”). I especially like the mid-song Beatlesque harmonica bridge. Greg Kihn passed away last August, aged 75.
Enjoy BCB This Morning — it’s for open discussion on baseball, 70s (or other) music and anything else that stays within the rules of the site. Don’t forget to tip your server and leave the place clean for Josh’s BCB After Dark tonight.