Baseball Legends: 'The Fan' Becomes the New Goat in the Chicago Cubs' Line of Curses

AP ^ | Oct 15, 2003 | Jim Litke

[Rutles4Ever]

A win tonight will erase all of this... Please, Cubbies. Win.

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[southernnorthcarolina]

Well, this schmuck's age has been published. And God knows his mug is now known worldwide. It's only a matter of time before his name and address are all over the internet.

I'm not saying this is a good thing, necessarily, but it's a fact.

He'd better hope the Cubs win tonight, in which case 99% of his notoriety will evaporate. If not, rightly or wrongly, he'll be forever known as the guy who kept the Cubs out of the World Series.

Wait till next century!

[Tambo]

And so Cubs 'idiot walkman fan' enters the baseball boner mythology shrine..

[Zack Nguyen]

I feel sorry for this poor guy. He caught a ball that was coming almost at him, in the fan section. It was instinct. Yet now he is the scapegoat for an eight run inning.

[Tambo]

[JimVT]

The whole brouhaha is stupid.

Any red-blooded baseball fan is going to reach for a foul if it is anywhere near him/her.

If the Cubs object.... then put up a freakin' fence.

The umps blew this one too.

[scarab9]

GOOD LUCK tonight Cubs!!

[SengirV]

I haope the cubs to win so this guy is a just a distant memory in cubs lore. OF course I also hope the Yanks beat the Sox then beat the cubs to solidify the curses for both teams. But that's just me =)

[Tambo]

A local fireman sitting next to walkman fan was kicking himself for not tackling him..he already gotten 50 calls at the Fire Station..

[dfwgator]

Did the fan boneheadedly leave Prior in too long, even though everyone could see he was out of gas?

Did the fan boot a routine ground ball to short?

Did the fan throw pitches that even my grandmother could hit?

Maybe the Cubbies just don't deserve to go to the World Series.

[Tambo]

Somebody put the curse on the live thread last night by posting the Harry Carrey kissing Hillary picture when the Cubs were up 3-0 in the 8th.. we may have to exercise the demon by re-posting it tonight

[Republican Red]

How old was he?

I didn't think the poor guy looked young enough to be called a kid.

[Mr. Bird]

At the beginning of the two LCS, the worst scenario for me as a fan (one with no team in the hunt), was Marlins/Yanks. I've enjoyed this entire postseason tremendously, but I'll turn off the TV and radio if they both make it.

[Republican Red]

Nightmare scenario for Fox. Yankees/Marlins will be a bust.

[Republican Red]

"He's 26 and had a Cubs hat on"

I find when I read the article I can actually answer my own question!

26 is not a "kid". He's an adult.

I still feel bad for him.

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