Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Cubs vs. Dodgers Series Prediction: A Photo Essay

By: T.R. Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com


I curated this photo essay comparing Los Angeles and Chicago in preparation for tonight's Cubs vs. Dodger's game. I'm wondering whether I can use these photos as a tool to predict the winner of the series. So we'll keep score throughout the essay contest and see which city, if either, seems to have a cultural advantage over the other, which could then be parlayed into a series victory.

First off, this is what resulted when a few Chicago guys visited L.A:






This is what happened when an L.A. guy came to the Chi:



Chicago: 1, Los Angeles: 0.


Round 2: Here's The Icon of the Dodger franchise and another prominent Los Angelino:






Menacing Indeed. Now let's see what the Chicago contigent has to offer:



Oh wow, that one wasn't even all that close. Chicago: 2, Los Angeles: 0.



Still not convinced?


Here is a musician that blew up in Chicago:



This was once the most popular band in Los Angeles (but the band below them was FAR WORSE!!!! [better Ms. KH?]):


Chicago: 3, Los Angeles: 0

This isn't a joke, it's just Los Angeles. Go Cubs.




2 comments:

Sarah Kissko Hersh said...

Is there possibly any other hair band you could have chosen here beside Poison? You KNOW how much they mean to me!

T.R. Slyder said...

How is that?