Your Friday Cage Match: Alejandro González Iñárritu vs. Guillermo Del Toro. Discuss.

I'm a big fan of Palmyra Delran and her Trash Pop Treasures on @littlesteven_ug, and on the new Caropop she tells how she became a super-cool DJ late in a career of rocking it with the Friggs, the Coolies and Pink Slip Daddy. Does she spin her own records? caropop.com/caropopcast/epis…

Dear Axios: If your headline is "Pope Leo diagnosed with lung cancer," you don't need to start with "Why it matters:" (Also...damn.)

It was torturous watching the Sox strike out so much, but the trickle-down-dickishness factor on this platform is depressing. Go Rays…

Your Friday Cage Match: "Burning Down the House" vs. "This Must Be the Place." Discuss.

Talking Heads reunion aside, would David Byrne enjoy playing music in an empty room with his ex-bandmates? Byrne discusses band dynamics, music and movement, mind and memory, Sleeping Beauty songs, TH satellite radio and projects galore on the new Caropop. caropop.com/caropopcast/epis…

Your Friday Cage Match: Can’t Buy a Thrill vs. Aja. Discuss.

Smithereens guitarist Jim Babjak provided power to this New Jersey power-pop band, and on the new Caropop, he describes its rise, fall and current resurgence as a live band featuring a rotating roster of lead singers substituting for the late Pat DiNizio. caropop.com/caropopcast/epis…

In the three other wild card games today, four ex-Cubs (Bellinger, Contreras, Schwarber and Cam Smith) homered and drove in 7 runs while all of the current Cubs have scored 1 run in 1 2/3 games.