With January in Chicago in full force, it’s time for us Chicagoans to look back at the year that’s gone by. Lots of shit has happened in the Windy City this year—and the most of it, not so good. Like some great philosopher once said, ‘Learn from the past, lest it repeat itself.’ So what [...]
The 2009 AVG. CHICAGOAN AWARDS!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! We here at TheAverageChicagoan.com decided to wrap up our first full inaugural year on the net by awarding a few Chicagoans with recognition for their accomplishments in 2009. These awards go only to Chicagoans and individuals representing Chicago. We realize that we could create an endless amount of awards for an endless [...]
10 Random Rants (Vol.6)
1. Enough with the character bashing of Tiger Woods people! He’s a wealthy, powerful, good-looking, successful male athlete. What do you expect? I guess it has always been human nature to lash out at others for displaying the traits we most hate in ourselves. 2. So the Cubs finally got rid of troublesome and underperforming [...]
The Last Week In Review
As you know, I have been documenting the 2009 Cubs season week-by-week in order to truly document the rollercoaster ride that is the MLB season for each team. The endgame in theory was to look back and understand how the Cubs got into the playoffs; the truth is that nobody wants to read a documented [...]
Chicago Cubs Week In Review: August 10th-16th
The Results: 8/10 L vs. Rockies 5-11 8/11 L vs. Phillies 3-4 8/12 L vs. Phillies 5-12 8/13 L vs. Phillies 1-6 8/14 W vs. Pirates 17-2 8/15 W vs. Pirates 3-1 8/16 PPD vs. Pirates The Story: This last week was a painful reminder of how this Cub’s team stacks up against the best [...]
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; [...]