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| First injury a firefighter, ... |
Sure
enough, one of the firefighters who responded to the call had to be taken to an
area hospital for injuries sustained during the fire that was discovered at
about 2:30 a.m. at the Armour Square neighborhood stadium.
IT
WAS NOT a life-threatening injury, and it would appear the firefighter was
treated and released long before you are reading this commentary.
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| ... or Kyle Schwarber? |
It
also seems the fire was contained to the one room and did not cause significant
damage to the stadium. Opening Day on Friday against the Cleveland Indians was
not in any way threatened, even though White Sox fans got snowed upon.
White
Sox fans still got to guzzle too much beer Friday afternoon and complain about
those new team caps designed by rapper Chance (be honest, White Sox fans will
gripe about anything) while having dreams that the ball club may actually
accomplish something this season – what with that 3-1 start they got during
their opening four-game series in Oakland against the Athletics, despite Friday's 7-1 loss.
In
fact, the injury likely wouldn’t have warranted any public attention if not for
its location and timing.
OF
COURSE, ALL of this will turn out to be a touch of absurd if it turns out that
the real first injury of this season was Thursday night in Phoenix, where Kyle
Schwarber of the Chicago Cubs wound up on crutches after crashing into teammate
Dexter Fowler.
Schwarber
underwent an MRI on Friday and officials learned late in the day he's done for the 2016 season. Can their World Series-oriented fantasies withstand this blow?
For
what it’s worth, Schwarber’s collision didn’t cost the Cubs a ball game – they won
14-6, giving them their third victory of the season and their 12th
straight win on the road. That ties a team record that had lasted 70 seasons.
What
else is new along the southwestern shores of Lake Michigan these days?
DO
GENTLEMEN REALLY GO TO SUCH CLUBS?: I wouldn’t
particularly want to live near a strip club – but I also have my suspicions
aroused any time churches start complaining about such establishments.
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| Couldn't they scare the business away? |
Such
as the Sisters of St. Charles, an order of nuns based in suburban Melrose Park
who are upset that the Stone Park-based Allure Gentlemen’s Club is so close to
their convent.
They
have filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court trying to get the club closed
down, contending that all the sexual suggestiveness taking place on the
premises amounts to prostitution. They say their investigator was offered sex
for $250!
Although
I wonder why the club, which WMAQ-TV was unable to reach for comment, would
choose that particular site for their business. You’d think they’d consider
having so many nuns nearby a downer for business – perhaps like that moment in
the film “Sister Act” when the nuns acted as greeters for the neighborhood
dirty book store and wound up making potential customers feel too perverted to
actually make a purchase.
THAT
WAS MONEY WELL SPENT: It cost the
Chicago Police Board some $500,000 to go through the process of interviewing 39
applicants for the police superintendent position and recommend three of them
as finalists.
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| EMANUEL: Couldn't he have acted for free? |
All
of which went for naught when Mayor Rahm Emanuel chose to disregard their
suggestions and make his own pick – as part of his political grab to let people
know who’s really the boss!
The
Chicago Sun-Times reported about the money, which covered the cost of bringing
out-of-towners to Chicago for interviews and also the expense of background
checks.
Which
may be a lot of cash for some. Although in a baseball context, it wouldn’t even
buy a decent utility infielder for the season.
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