Photo of the Year (Cub Collapse Spares No One)

Chicago Tribune ^ | October 16, 2003 | The Cruel Hand of Fate

[stainlessbanner]

Santa in October?! Marketing gets earlier every year.

[vin-one]

I thought It might have been, If the post had been done, by registered it would have been a dead giveaway

[4Freedom]

Major League Baseball should declare all seats within 20 feet of the field a 'geek-free' zone.

Steve Bartman has no excuse for what he did.

He's 26-years-old.

He's a baseball coach. He knows what's playable and not playable.

If he doesn't interfere with the play, it's a completely different ballgame.

Put a Marlin's cap on him and the ump calls interference.

Look at his picture, he's a 'geek'.

Don't cross the street anywhere near this guy. The sight of him is going to cause disappointed Cub fans to black-out behind the wheel. :^O

[Rutles4Ever]

Then do us a favor and bring it up with our lovely Democratic Gov. Blagojevich who quipped that he would refuse to pardon this guy if he ever committed a crime.

Do something useful with your little crusade and target a liberal politician with a big mouth instead of Free Republic.

And, yes, he did have SOMETHING to do with it. Any remedial course in situational pitching makes that clear. The debate is how much it contributed.

[BJungNan]

That's the drunk Santa Clause from Trading Places. Who was that, Dan Akroyd? He is trying to get the salmon out of his beard not the cubs loss out of his head.

Maybe the cubs should move to Buffalo and take up football.

[Cuttnhorse]

Somewhere, Steve Goodman is weeping.

[Cuttnhorse]

At first I thought it was the Tourist Guy who messed up the catch.

[BJungNan]

Does anyone feel sorry for that cubs fan? I just noticed he is wearing a "Hillary in 'O4" sweatshirt and I just NOT felt sorry for him anymore.

[michaelt]

You're trying to blame Alou for not catching that ball? Am I understanding you correctly?

[Catspaw]

Somewhere, Steve Goodman is weeping.

Don't you know it....

[gathersnomoss]

My children will be devastated. Will SC now get hooked on oxy? Film at 11.

[discostu]

Oh now you're just getting whacky. Alou tried to get the call, something any athlete would do. Nothing went to him the rest of the game so you can't say he was thrown off, he played magnificently in game 7 though with good at bat and great defensive play. He's also the first guy to publicly say people shouldn't blame Steve, give credit where it's due.

[michaelt]

He was not wearing a Hillary! sweatshirt. It's a Photoshop job.

I wonder how long it takes until this urban legend makes Snopes.com.

[gathersnomoss]

OMG, I didn't see this twerp's sweat shirt. He should be lynched by the fashion police.

[discostu]

THEY'VE GOTTEN IT RED! YOU CAN STOP NOW!

[gathersnomoss]

Note to self. Hold comments on FR Photo of the Year until after reading PhotoShop capabilities. Duh.

[NYCVirago]

Yes. But it's just wrong to see Pudge in a Marlin uniform. Wrong! Just like it was wrong last weekend to see Emmit Smith in a Cardinal uniform. Wrong wrong wrong!

Did you see A-Rod at the game last night? It's poetic justice -- the Texas Rangers sign A-Rod for $246 million, and let Pudge go last year due to the money (even though he had signed for less than market value the time before), and there's A-Rod sitting in the stands, and Pudge going to the World Series!

[RonF]

The reason why interference wasn't called has nothing to do with the cap he wore. It has to do with where the ball would have landed without the fan action. Since that ball would have landed in the stands, there's no interference. If in the judgement of the umpire the ball would have landed on the field and the fan reached out of the stands to catch or deflect it, interference would have been called.

[Republican Red]

My personal favorite:



Can't vouch for authenticity

[bobsatwork]

OK, I have to ask: is the photo real, or was the Hillary stuff added?