Comments on: Exhaustion and Bruce http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/08/25/exhaustion-and-bruce/ Curiously Long Posts Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:41:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sam http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/08/25/exhaustion-and-bruce/#comment-32968 Sam Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:45:46 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/08/25/exhaustion-and-bruce/#comment-32968 This is an awesome story, and i may be only 16, but i can see how talented you are. Keep them coming! Also, i was at the concert, and it was awesome. This is an awesome story, and i may be only 16, but i can see how talented you are. Keep them coming!

Also, i was at the concert, and it was awesome.

]]> By: erik http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/08/25/exhaustion-and-bruce/#comment-29297 erik Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:56:41 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/08/25/exhaustion-and-bruce/#comment-29297 I can't say that i was at the last date of this tour, but i was at the last date in new jersey (when the band could get in their own cars and go home with their families). when the show ended (around 1am) with 'rosalita' and 'jersey girl', i wanted it to go on forever. what a show, and a great group on stage and in the cheap-seats... I can’t say that i was at the last date of this tour, but i was at the last date in new jersey (when the band could get in their own cars and go home with their families). when the show ended (around 1am) with ‘rosalita’ and ‘jersey girl’, i wanted it to go on forever. what a show, and a great group on stage and in the cheap-seats…

]]> By: Rube http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/08/25/exhaustion-and-bruce/#comment-29049 Rube Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:35:57 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/08/25/exhaustion-and-bruce/#comment-29049 Thought you might enjoy another review of the show. http://www.livinginstereo.com/ Thought you might enjoy another review of the show.
http://www.livinginstereo.com/

]]> By: caryn http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/08/25/exhaustion-and-bruce/#comment-28954 caryn Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:18:55 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/08/25/exhaustion-and-bruce/#comment-28954 I am so glad to hear that you went, and that you took Margo. KC was awesome, but STL was this utterly MINDBLOWING experience. I still can't believe it really happened the way it did. It kind of mirrors the end of the Rising tour - the second-to-last at Giants murdered the last, and the second-to-last (really second to last that time) at Shea blew away the last (with the exception of the OMFG Bob Dylan moment). but still, KC was astonishing in its own way. some day brucespringsten.net will put up my KC report. I'm so glad I stayed up until 3:30 to get it done that night. sigh. I am so glad to hear that you went, and that you took Margo.

KC was awesome, but STL was this utterly MINDBLOWING experience. I still can’t believe it really happened the way it did. It kind of mirrors the end of the Rising tour – the second-to-last at Giants murdered the last, and the second-to-last (really second to last that time) at Shea blew away the last (with the exception of the OMFG Bob Dylan moment).

but still, KC was astonishing in its own way.

some day brucespringsten.net will put up my KC report. I’m so glad I stayed up until 3:30 to get it done that night. sigh.

]]> By: Dick Kumzinya http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/08/25/exhaustion-and-bruce/#comment-28860 Dick Kumzinya Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:10:52 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/08/25/exhaustion-and-bruce/#comment-28860 If you think the Kansas City show was good, you should have seen the St. Louis show the night before. Possibly the best show of the entire Magic Tour, and I went to 20 of them. It will become a legendary show. It moved into my Top 15 shows of all time, and I have been to over 100 Bruce shows starting in 1975. Awesome. If you think the Kansas City show was good, you should have seen the St. Louis show the night before. Possibly the best show of the entire Magic Tour, and I went to 20 of them. It will become a legendary show.

It moved into my Top 15 shows of all time, and I have been to over 100 Bruce shows starting in 1975. Awesome.

]]> By: ML http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/08/25/exhaustion-and-bruce/#comment-28832 ML Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:51:10 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/08/25/exhaustion-and-bruce/#comment-28832 Thanks for writing all this. I took my 13-year-old twins back home to NJ (from CA) to see Bruce in the Meadowlands a couple of weeks ago. We went the last night of the week, the night a propane truck turned over on the Turnpike and delayed the start of the concert until 9:30. I laughed, I danced, I screamed, I sang loud--real loud, I showed my kids a glimpse of the person they only know as Mom. He played for 3 hours and 15 minutes. He did Incident on 57th Street. Best of all, he sang Jersey Girl. My friend Jane cried. We all were so happy, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. My first concert was Bruce Springsteen in Red Bank, NJ in 1976. (I was 2.... okay, maybe 3.) I want him to be my last concert, but not yet. He's not done yet. Neither am I. Thanks for writing all this. I took my 13-year-old twins back home to NJ (from CA) to see Bruce in the Meadowlands a couple of weeks ago. We went the last night of the week, the night a propane truck turned over on the Turnpike and delayed the start of the concert until 9:30. I laughed, I danced, I screamed, I sang loud–real loud, I showed my kids a glimpse of the person they only know as Mom. He played for 3 hours and 15 minutes. He did Incident on 57th Street. Best of all, he sang Jersey Girl. My friend Jane cried. We all were so happy, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

My first concert was Bruce Springsteen in Red Bank, NJ in 1976. (I was 2…. okay, maybe 3.) I want him to be my last concert, but not yet. He’s not done yet. Neither am I.

]]> By: Richard Aronson http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/08/25/exhaustion-and-bruce/#comment-28815 Richard Aronson Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:00:32 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/08/25/exhaustion-and-bruce/#comment-28815 NL Cy Young: anybody who isn't voting for Brandon Webb is, well, biased, and I say that knowing that he lost last night and knowing that he is the reason my Dodgers won't make the playoffs. I know, CYA is not supposed to be about playoff teams. But you have to admit, pitching extremely well for a playoff team is more meaningful than pitching extremely well without any pressure. So Webb beats out Lincecum, and the two of them beat everybody else. How good is Webb? Take his 19-5 record and replace it with the rest of the Diamondback's decisions. Instead of being in first place in the division, the D'backs would be barely ahead of the Giants for fourth. That's the difference Webb makes. And he racks up a ton of innings (almost seven per start) while still having all the good numbers in WHIP, ERA, and so forth. I won't make a decision for MVP until the season's over: too many players might deserve it *if* their team makes the playoff. But I would have no objections to Webb winning both awards this year. He probably won't; I think it would take a Mets/Cubs/Brewers trifecta to give Webb a shot, with the Marlins (Ramirez), Phillies (Utley), and Cardinals (Pujols) having stronger candidates. I mean, Pujols is leading the league in both OBP and slugging! But then Ramirez and Utley are doing great in the middle infield, and that's got to be worth something, so with three solid candidates I'll pick the one whose team makes the playoffs. Even then New York's insane publicity advantages would probably give it to Wright. But if Webb somehow won MVP, it wouldn't bother me any. NL Cy Young: anybody who isn’t voting for Brandon Webb is, well, biased, and I say that knowing that he lost last night and knowing that he is the reason my Dodgers won’t make the playoffs.

I know, CYA is not supposed to be about playoff teams. But you have to admit, pitching extremely well for a playoff team is more meaningful than pitching extremely well without any pressure. So Webb beats out Lincecum, and the two of them beat everybody else.

How good is Webb? Take his 19-5 record and replace it with the rest of the Diamondback’s decisions. Instead of being in first place in the division, the D’backs would be barely ahead of the Giants for fourth. That’s the difference Webb makes. And he racks up a ton of innings (almost seven per start) while still having all the good numbers in WHIP, ERA, and so forth.

I won’t make a decision for MVP until the season’s over: too many players might deserve it *if* their team makes the playoff. But I would have no objections to Webb winning both awards this year. He probably won’t; I think it would take a Mets/Cubs/Brewers trifecta to give Webb a shot, with the Marlins (Ramirez), Phillies (Utley), and Cardinals (Pujols) having stronger candidates. I mean, Pujols is leading the league in both OBP and slugging! But then Ramirez and Utley are doing great in the middle infield, and that’s got to be worth something, so with three solid candidates I’ll pick the one whose team makes the playoffs. Even then New York’s insane publicity advantages would probably give it to Wright. But if Webb somehow won MVP, it wouldn’t bother me any.

]]> By: Richard Aronson http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/08/25/exhaustion-and-bruce/#comment-28812 Richard Aronson Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:40:55 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/08/25/exhaustion-and-bruce/#comment-28812 WRT: Cabs. A few years back, America West lost our luggage on the trip from Phoenix to San Antonio (starting a string of 8 trips on America West to or through Phoenix where 7 times one or both of us didn't have luggage when we arrived, including FOUR trips that were one stops where Phoenix was our destination). So we're in San Antonio, and had no reason to rush back to the hotel and unpack, shower, and change for the Charity Pairs, the kickoff event of the North American Bridge Championships. In fact, we were probably going to play in our sweaty traveling clothes, standing out amongst all those tuxedos (our suits were part of the lost luggage, natch). So we decided that instead of laying out big bucks for the cab ride, we'd save some money, see some of the city, take a bus, and maybe when we reached the hotel our luggage would be there. It wasn't. But given we had no time constraints nor luggage to deal with, the bus ride was both for more enjoyable and loads cheaper than would be a cab. WRT: Cabs. A few years back, America West lost our luggage on the trip from Phoenix to San Antonio (starting a string of 8 trips on America West to or through Phoenix where 7 times one or both of us didn’t have luggage when we arrived, including FOUR trips that were one stops where Phoenix was our destination). So we’re in San Antonio, and had no reason to rush back to the hotel and unpack, shower, and change for the Charity Pairs, the kickoff event of the North American Bridge Championships. In fact, we were probably going to play in our sweaty traveling clothes, standing out amongst all those tuxedos (our suits were part of the lost luggage, natch). So we decided that instead of laying out big bucks for the cab ride, we’d save some money, see some of the city, take a bus, and maybe when we reached the hotel our luggage would be there.

It wasn’t. But given we had no time constraints nor luggage to deal with, the bus ride was both for more enjoyable and loads cheaper than would be a cab.

]]> By: Jeff B. http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/08/25/exhaustion-and-bruce/#comment-28801 Jeff B. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:27:55 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/08/25/exhaustion-and-bruce/#comment-28801 Loved the post on Bruce! As a relatively recent transplant to KC, I've read your columns on the sports pages, but I've never seen this site. You reflected the energy of a transcendant Springsteen experience better than music critics do. While I've seen Bruce 6 or 7 times over the years, I missed this show. When I saw the set list on his website, I knew I'd missed something special. You confirmed it. Thanks! Loved the post on Bruce! As a relatively recent transplant to KC, I’ve read your columns on the sports pages, but I’ve never seen this site.

You reflected the energy of a transcendant Springsteen experience better than music critics do. While I’ve seen Bruce 6 or 7 times over the years, I missed this show. When I saw the set list on his website, I knew I’d missed something special. You confirmed it. Thanks!

]]> By: Michael http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/08/25/exhaustion-and-bruce/#comment-28756 Michael Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:30:34 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/08/25/exhaustion-and-bruce/#comment-28756 Welcome back, Joe. @ Creston: I wonder if that explains why the Amsterdam airport is so conscientious about telling you precisely how many minutes it will take you to walk from one location to another within it. In my case it was thirty-seven. I made it in twenty, and that was while sleep deprived. In your face, Holland! Welcome back, Joe.

@ Creston: I wonder if that explains why the Amsterdam airport is so conscientious about telling you precisely how many minutes it will take you to walk from one location to another within it. In my case it was thirty-seven. I made it in twenty, and that was while sleep deprived. In your face, Holland!

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