Clearing the Bases...

Light posting since Thursday means a heck of a load of news to get through. As always, St. Louis Cardinals news will be posted over at Redbirds Fun. Pretty much, the only baseball news posted here for now on will be Red Sox related unless it's big news such as Kris and Anna Benson getting a divorce.

John Lynch praised but did not endorse Evan Bayh.

Gen. Wes Clark has endorsed James Webb for the US Senate in Virginia.

Paul McCartney joins Stevie Wonder for the title track on Wonder's new album, A Time to Love.

Jonah Brown has been elected as the next student government president at the University of Kentucky.

Jonathan Miller has some concerns with the budget proposed by the Senate.

I wonder how those to the left of me feel about Sen. Barack Obama feel about him now. Sen. Obama has thrown his support behind Sen. Joe Lieberman.

Some at Thursday's dinner said that while they were pleased with Lieberman's success in bringing Obama to Connecticut, they still consider Lieberman uncomfortably tolerant of the Bush administration.

Obama wasted little time getting to that point, calling it the "elephant in the room" but praising Lieberman's intellect, character and qualifications.

"The fact of the matter is, I know some in the party have differences with Joe. I'm going to go ahead and say it," Obama told the 1,700-plus party members who gathered in a ballroom at the Connecticut Convention Center for the $175-per-head fundraiser.

"I am absolutely certain Connecticut is going to have the good sense to send Joe Lieberman back to the U.S. Senate so he can continue to serve on our behalf," he said.

Lieberman is the Senate mentor of Barack Obama.

Neil Young's concert film, Heart of Gold, is finally playing in Louisville. G-d willing, it's still playing in May.

Chevy Chase reveals all, including why the actor left SNL after the first season.

People have said for years that Chase left SNL after its first season for Los Angeles to pursue a movie career. The actor said that is false.

"The first real picture offered to me wasn't until two years after I left (SNL), as opposed to all those books that said he left for lucrative movie deals," Chase said. "I left to go get married. The girl I was marrying was going to L.A. and I followed her. I was the only one who didn't know she was bad for me."

Incidentally, Chase had nothing but kind things to say about Murray.

"Billy is so funny and he's a great guy, a good friend," Chase said.

I can't help but wonder about this. Matisyahu has yet to make an appearance on SNL and I think I know why.

Boston had a pathetic spring season. Going into Saturday, they were 9-18-1 in spring training.

Sen. Evan Bayh was on one of the Sunday talk shows today but I missed it. Perhaps he talked about this?

Folk rocker John Mellencamp is NOT on MySpace.

During an interview earlier this week, the 54-year-old rock star confirmed that he's never visited MySpace, the popular Web site that serves as a promotional tool for platinum-selling musicians, budding garage bands, Hollywood starlets and pin-up wannabes.

In a related note, Mellencamp promises impending improvements for his official online home, Mellencamp.com. There are plans to stream songs, videos and interview clips from throughout his career.

"It dawned on me that people don't want to go to the site and just read crap," he said. "We have this opportunity to make it our own little television and radio station. Let's do it."

Another review of the latest Second City show in Detroit.

Another focus on KY-3.