decided to watch the Springsteen on Broadway show on Netflix tonight, and I think the emotional wreck it left me in should automatically qualify me for the Baseball Writer's Association of America.

Like, when he starts talking about Clarence Clemons during "10th Avenue Freeze Out"? Just ruins me.

And then this. I mean, if you impacted someone’s life so deeply that you inspired them to write these words about you, you lived a damn good one.

the extent to which I love Springsteen's music and will listen to basically any band that seems like it was remotely influenced by him is probably the most basic thing about me, given my autobiographical details.

"All Too Well" is the best Springsteen-song-Springsteen-didn't-write, but "Fear and Trembling" off Gang of Youth's overlooked Go Farther In Lightness from 2017 is a darkhorse candidate:

the more shameless you are in your Springsteen-aping, the more into your music I am. Yes, this is a Gaslight Anthem tweet.