- McCarthy stressed the importance of awareness, telling reporters, "You don't want to walk in dark areas by yourself after having a fight at a bar with a friend and you're going home. We still have to pay attention to common sense things to do. ... That's the nature of the world today."
- Wilkowski said he decided to drive downtown from his northwest suburban home because he wanted to get some shoes and "take a ride."
He said he was sitting on his bike, checking his cell phone around 7:30 p.m. on Chicago Avenue just east of Michigan Avenue when he was attacked.
"I couldn't believe it. It was broad daylight outside, there were people around, and this happened," he said. "There were about 20 guys surrounding me. I saw one guy running after the ball, I guess they didn't want to lose it. Then I saw a bunch of people coming after me."
Wilkowski wasn't coming from a bar. Wilkowski wasn't even headed home, he was going shopping. And we just happened to glance at our phone clock around 7:33 PM Monday and guess what? Broad daylight. In fact, we had enough daylight to hit a 16" softball about three feet over the second baseman for a nice RBI single 15 minutes later (we lost later though).
We also doubt that the oncologist from Seattle and the other doctor from Japan were out fighting at a bar, getting drunk and generally making themselves victims. But we can see exactly why Rahm wants to keep a lid on this story and the potential fallout when word gets back to these doctors' homes that Chicago is a place to avoid.
We also doubt that the oncologist from Seattle and the other doctor from Japan were out fighting at a bar, getting drunk and generally making themselves victims. But we can see exactly why Rahm wants to keep a lid on this story and the potential fallout when word gets back to these doctors' homes that Chicago is a place to avoid.