Following Dark, the Cubs have formally agreed to trade for an incredible closer.

The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if the Cubs should trade for Astros reliever Ryan Pressly.

We’re open for another week here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come in out of the cold. There’s no cover charge this evening. We can check your coat for you. We still have a few tables available.

BCB After Dark is the place for you to talk baseball, music, movies, or anything else you need to get off your chest, as long as it is within the rules of the site. The late-nighters are encouraged to get the party started, but everyone else is invited to join in as you wake up the next morning and into the afternoon.

Last week I asked you which Cubs catcher you thought was going to have the better season in 2025. It was a clear choice for you as 76 percent of you went with Miguel Amaya over Carson Kelly. I agree, but I also think Kelly is going to have a good season in Chicago.

Here’s the part where we listen to tunes and talk about movies. The BCB Winter Hitchcock Classic is down to the classic movies that everyone knows and tonight, we look at Psycho. But those of you who don’t care in the least can skip ahead now. You won’t hurt my feelings.

Tonight we’re featuring a live performance in Brazil from 2009 by the Robert Glasper Trio. It’s a mash-up of Herbie Hancock’s “Maiden Voyage” and Radiohead’s “Everything in its Right Place.”

Jamire Williams is on the drums and Vicente Archer plays bass.

You voted in the BCB WInter Hitchcock Classic and to no one’s surprise, Rear Window advances over Suspicion. I’d be surprised, in fact, if any of the top four films got knocked out by anyone other than each other.

Tomorrow night (Wednesday), Turner Classic Movies is playing several of Hitchcock’s British films and re-running Becoming Hitchcock—the Legacy of Blackmail documentary. I watched this last week and it makes a compelling case that everything we love about a Hitchcock movie was first developed in his first talkie film, Blackmail (1929/1930). It’s definitely worth a watch if you’re interested in that sort of thing. I particularly found the differences between the silent and talkie version interesting.

Anyway, you should set your DVRs if you have TCM and are interested.

Tonight we have our number-two seed, that just happens to be Hitchcock’s most famous and successful film Psycho (1960). When we get to these top four films, I feel inadequate to really say anything about them. But I gave it a shot and I hope you appreciate it. Psycho takes on our 10-seed, To Catch a Thief.