Steve Bartman receives 2016 Chicago Cubs World Series Championship ring

WGN TV ^ | July 31, 2017 | JULIE UNRUH

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CHICAGO -- A WGN News exclusive -- Steve Bartman has received an official Chicago Cubs 2016 World Series Championship ring as a special gift from the Ricketts family and the Cubs organization.

Arguably the team's most infamous fan, Bartman is remembered for tipping a foul ball that left fielder Moises Alou unsuccessfully dove for in the stands during Game 6 of the 2003 National League Championship Series.

Now, 14 years later, Cubs owner Tom Ricketts thought it was high time to extend an olive branch.

Bartman received the ring before noon Monday in Ricketts' office. Cubs President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein and President of Operations Crane Kenney were also present. Ricketts then showed Bartman around Wrigley a bit, so he could see what was new since he'd last been to the park. The Cubs released a single photo of Bartman's ring

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He broke a “rule” you see broken CONSTANTLY. Fans get in the moment and grab at balls they shouldn’t. Today 3 or 4 people will do exactly what he did and nobody will care because it’s the regular season. The guy’s been hounded for over a decade, he’s had death threats, he had to move away. Meanwhile the Cubs played like crap that game and lost because of what they did, not what he did. It’s way past time for the world to move on, for him and the rest of your list.