I would have never thought I would be in agreement with a policy that would allow police to shoot at fleeing criminals. But with the frequency of shootings in Chicago, I say that the cops should do anything they can to get this shit under control. 15 people shot on a Tuesday night? Really? I [...]
Chicago Cubs Week In Review; July 20-26th
The Results: 20 L at Philadelphia, 1-10 (WP: R.Lopez; LP: T.Lilly) 21 L at Philadelphia, 1-4 (13th) (WP: C.Condrey; LP: J.Samardzija) 22 W at Philadelphia, 10-5 (WP: C.Zambrano; LP: J.Moyer) 24 W vs. Cincinnati, 8-5 (WP: R.Wells; LP: A.Harang) 25 W vs. Cincinnati, 5-3 (WP: K.Hart; LP: J.Cueto) 26 W vs. Cincinnati, 5-2 (WP: R.Harden; [...]
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10 Random Rants (Vol.2)
1. Summertime in Chicago is probably the best part of the year in the city… well except for obese people. They’re hotter, even slower, sweat more, and have to resort to wearing more revealing attire. Now who really wants obese people to show more skin? 2. Nowadays wherever you go people are constantly on the [...]
Chicago Cubs Week In Review; July 13-19th
The Results: 7/16 W vs. Nationals 6-2 7/17 W vs. Nationals 3-1 7/18 W vs. Nationals 6-5 7/19 W vs. Nationals 11-3 The Story: The Cubs received what they greatly needed this week, a breather. Even Ted Lilly did not see action in the 80th All-Star game in St Louis in the earlier part of [...]
Chicago Celebrities Concerned They Might Be Next
CHICAGO- The current wave of celebrity deaths has not gone unnoticed in the Windy City. Word out of Chicago is that some local celebrities are worried that their time may be running out. In one month’s time five major celebrities have bit the dust: Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, Billy Mays and Steve McNair [...]
What to do this Week? 7/12/09
We here at the Average Chicagoan understand that the majority of us probably aren’t graced with a sweet lake house that we can run off to at any point of the week to quell all of our boredom needs. So this is the first of a weekly posting that will try to cover all of [...]
Chicago Cubs Week in Review; July 6th-July 12th
The Results: 7/6 W vs. Braves 4-2 7/7 L vs. Braves 1-2 7/8 L vs. Braves 1-4 7/10 L vs. Cardinals 3-8 7/11 W vs. Cardinals 5-2 7/12 W vs. Cardinals 7-3 7/12 L vs. Cardinals 2-4 The Story: The week leading up to the 2009 All-Star Break came and went without too much drama [...]
Chicago Cubs Week in Review June 29th-July 5th
The Results: 6/29 W vs. Pirates 3-1 6/30 L vs. Pirates 0-3 7/1 W vs. Pirates 4-1 7/2 W vs. Brewers 9-5 7/3 W vs. Brewers 2-1 7/4 L vs. Brewers 2-11 7/5 W vs. Brewers 8-2 The Story: Last week had it all for the Chicago Cubs; close games, walk-offs, trades, drubbings, lineup changes, [...]