take the lead

The Sox just beat Minnesota 1-0 to win the Central and advance to the playoffs. It was an exciting game, with a great defensive play by Griffey in center to preserve a tie, a monstrous home run to take the lead, eight innings of stellar pitching by a young pitcher on short rest for the first time in his career, and a remarkable diving catch in center field for the last out of the game.

Dan from Xark! counsels his fellow progressive to take a deep breath and realize that the change on the horizon is bigger than the 24 hour news cycle:

Norman Atwood died today. I think he was around 53.

Last night the five remaining couples had to dance two dances, and there was plenty of surprises.

Kristi, who has been the favorite for 6 weeks, seemed to irk all of the judges with her Samba. Personally, I thought it was wonderful, but the judges thought it was too manic. Score: 26

At-Large Council Member Megan Barry sent the following letter to the rest of the Metro Council late this afternoon:

-----Original Message-----
From: Barry, Megan (Council Member)
Sent: Mon 4/28/2008 4:08 PM
To: Council Members
Subject: FW: task force

The energy produced by the 17,000+ fans at the Sommet Center Monday night propelled the Nashville Predators to a twin pair of goals that  led them to a playoff victory.

As Lamar Alexander works behind the scenes as Republican Conference Chairman, Bill Theobold reports, he lets others take the lead in front of the cameras:

Sen. Lamar Alexander approached a bank of microphones outside the Senate chamber, along with other leaders of the Senate’s Republicans, to face reporters’ questions.

I figured I'd better go ahead and post this before Super Tuesday, so it'll be more believable (just want to be able to say, "I told you so").