Gotta See This!* (Cub Fan Interference? Conclusive Pictures)
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Posted by Sabertooth
On 10/17/2003 6:15 PM PDT with 237 comments
October 17th, 2003 | Sabertooth
In Game 6 of the 2003 National League Championship Series between the Florida Marlins and the Chicago Cubs Wednesday night, five outs Marlins second baseman Luis Castillo stood in against right-hander Mark Prior of the Cubs, who’d been painting a three-hit shutout until that point. With one out, a 3-2 count, and the Marlins speedy Juan Pierre on second with a double, the switch-hitting Castillo sliced a Prior pitch down the left field foul line. As the pop-up tailed for the grandstands. Cubs leftfielder Moises Alou circled under it, braced his right hand against the wall of the Wrigley Field...
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Freep Poll (Cubs guy & media)
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Posted by Tribune7
On 10/24/2003 8:32 AM PDT with 5 comments
www.countypressonline.com ^ | 10/20/03
Do you think the media acted responsibly when they released the name of the man who grabbed the foul ball during the Cubs game?
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Another Bone-Headed Play (Cubs 1908)
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Posted by anncoulteriscool
On 10/17/2003 8:43 PM PDT with 5 comments
opinion journal | October 17, 2003 | N/A
Another Bone-Headed Play The Cubs owe their last World Series victory to a fluke. Friday, October 17, 2003 12:01 a.m. EDT We doubt that it will be any consolation to Steve Bartman, the hapless Chicago man who did what any fan would do when a ball was hit his way: try to catch it. But for the embittered Cubs fans who chanted profanities at him during Game 6 and are now blaming him for blowing their chance for a World Series berth, we've got some news: You wouldn't even have been in the 1908 World Series--the last time you won--without...
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Unlucky Cubs Fan Getting Florida Support
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Posted by wheelgunguru
On 10/15/2003 5:20 PM PDT with 12 comments
earthlink news ^ | 10-15-03
MIAMI - If he's interested, the 26-year-old Chicago fan who deflected a foul ball away from a Cubs outfielder in Game 6 of the NL Championship Series can find solace in Florida. Gov. Jeb Bush said Wednesday an offer of asylum might be a good idea, and an oceanfront retreat in Pompano Beach is offering the man a free three-month stay, should he deem it necessary to get out of Chicago until the hubbub over the popup cools down. The fan, whom The Associated Press was holding off naming for fears of his safety, would also receive free airfare and...
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Cubs Fan: "Sorry"
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Posted by My Favorite Headache
On 10/15/2003 5:18 PM PDT with 94 comments
CBS SPORTSLINE ^ | 10-15-03
Unlucky Cubs fan says he's brokenhearted after deflecting ball Oct. 15, 2003 SportsLine.com wire reports CHICAGO -- The fan who played in a key role in the Chicago Cubs ' collapse in Game 6 of the NL Championship Series apologized Wednesday, saying he was brokenhearted. With the Cubs five outs from advancing to the World Series for the first time since 1945, Steve Bartman tried to grab a foul ball, preventing outfielder Moises Alou from catching it. That helped the Florida Marlins rally for an 8-3 victory to tie the NL Championship Series Tuesday night. COMMENTARY Fan didn't lose Game...
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Fan reaches out and robs Cubs (call the waaaaambulance)
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Posted by Sir Gawain
On 10/15/2003 1:53 PM PDT with 61 comments
ESPN ^ | crybaby Jayson Stark
CHICAGO -- We don't know his name. We don't want to know his name. We hope no one in Chicago ever learns his name. We hope he already has joined the witness-protection program. We hope he can start a new life somewhere, rooting for a team thousands of miles from the North Side of Chicago. We hope he forgets. We hope the people of Chicago forget about him. But that will never happen. No way. Because the Cubs lost a playoff game they couldn't lose Tuesday night. And one reason they lost it is because a 26-year-old guy in a...
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A helping hand (Miami Herald Gives Win Credit To Chicago Cubs Fan On Front Page)
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Posted by PJ-Comix
On 10/15/2003 7:27 AM PDT with 50 comments
Miami Herald ^ | October 15, 2003 | CLARK SPENCER
CHICAGO - They were down to their final five outs. Five more outs and their season would be over. Five more outs and they would go home, kick back for the winter, and daydream about the glorious summer that was. And then, as a stunned Wrigley Field crowd of 39,577 sat in dumbfounded silence, it happened. The Marlins found their magic. They whipped out their wand in the waning, desperate moments Tuesday and produced one of their most dramatic victories in a summer full of them. Down 3-0 and facing elimination with a loss to the Chicago Cubs in Game...
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Baseball Legends: 'The Fan' Becomes the New Goat in the Chicago Cubs' Line of Curses
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Posted by Leroy S. Mort
On 10/15/2003 6:48 AM PDT with 50 comments
AP ^ | Oct 15, 2003 | Jim Litke
CHICAGO (AP) - A howling mob demanded answers, a name to go with the face. Instead, haunted members of Cub Nation should ask themselves a few questions. What kind of kid grows up rooting for a team whose motto is, "Wait 'til next year?" What kid learns about curses by the time he's old enough to walk and hears testimonials about suffering from grandparents, parents, siblings, cousins, neighbors and friends and then decides, "That's for me?" Very likely the kid who was parked in Seat 116, Row 9 on Tuesday night at Wrigley Field. A Cubs fan. One of their...
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Pop-foul fan escorted out of stadium amid jeers (Follow-up on idiot Cubs fan)
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Posted by mhking
On 10/15/2003 4:52 AM PDT with 191 comments
Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | 10.15.03 | Knight-Ridder News Service
Chicago -- Last seen, the fan who tried to catch the ball was wearing a jacket on his head and being led into the underbelly of Wrigley Field for his own protection. He may forever be referred to as "that fan" or any number of other names after he reached for a pop foul that Cubs left fielder Moises Alou was about to catch for the second out in the eighth inning of Game 6 of the NLCS Series, with the Cubs leading 3-0 and five outs away from the World Series. But the ball struck the fan's hand and...
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Fan, bobbled ball add to Cubs' misery (Fan Feared For His Life)
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Posted by kattracks
On 10/14/2003 11:11 PM PDT with 86 comments
AP | 10/15/03 | NANCY ARMOUR
CHICAGO (AP) — Add a meddling fan and a rare error by a sure-handed shortstop to the Chicago Cubs' long history of misery and dashed hopes. The Cubs were five outs from their first World Series in 58 years Tuesday night when one of their own fans got in the way. It started a series of ugly plays that resulted in Florida's eight-run inning and an 8-3 victory for the Marlins in Game 6 of the NL championship series. "It has nothing to do with a curse," Cubs manager Dusty Baker said. "It has to do with fan interference and...
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Cubs Fans Blame Heartbreaking Loss on Fan's Blunder
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Posted by wheelgunguru
On 10/14/2003 10:32 PM PDT with 211 comments
fox ^ | 10-14-03
CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs (search) supporters showed up for a night-long party at Wrigley Field (search) on Tuesday, only to have their raucous celebration snuffed by a stunning late-inning rally that left them cursing one fellow fan. In a stunning eighth-inning turnaround, the Florida Marlins (search) took advantage of left fielder Moises Alou's run-in with a fan on a foul fly and an error by shortstop Alex Gonzalez to score eight runs in an 8-3 victory Tuesday night, forcing the NL championship series to a Game 7. People who minutes earlier had been dancing and singing the praises of their...
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Cubs 3, Marlins 8, Final score (Going to Game 7) ~~ LIVE THREAD
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Posted by Dog
On 10/14/2003 4:35 PM PDT with 1,266 comments
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Baseball from Cubs playoff loss to be auctioned
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Posted by Tumbleweed_Connection
On 11/12/2003 6:30 AM PST with 6 comments
Herald ^ | 11/12/03
OAK BROOKE, Illinois -- The foul ball that may have saved the Florida Marlins' post season could be yours -- the biding will start at $5,000. An Internet auction house near Chicago claims to have the baseball at the center of one of the most infamous plays in Chicago Cubs history -- the foul fly from Game Six of this year's National League championship series. MastroNet Incorporated said it will auction the ball on behalf of a 33-year-old Chicago attorney identified only as "Jim". The company says Jim was sitting near Cubs fan Steve Bartman, who deflected a foul pop...
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Boo! It's the world's scariest baseball fan (Steve Bartman halloween costume)
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Posted by Grig
On 10/28/2003 7:31 AM PST with 7 comments
National Post ^ | Tuesday, October 28, 2003 | Mary Vallis
Crushed Chicago Cubs fans are dressing up for Halloween like Steve Bartman, the unlucky fan who may have cost the team a chance at the World Series. Juan Monreal Jr., who dressed up as Mr. Bartman last Saturday night for a house party, was greeted by five more Bartmans when he walked in. "I thought there was going to be another guy dressed up as Steve Bartman, but five guys, I didn't expect that," said the 15-year-old sophomore who lives in Brookfield, Ill., about 23 kilometres west of Chicago. The costume is simple. Just look like Mr. Bartman, whose image...
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DFU SONG: It's a Heartache (sorry, Cubbie fans)
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Posted by doug from upland
On 10/15/2003 10:01 PM PDT with 7 comments
DFU SONG PARODIES | 10-2003 | Lyrics, Doug from Upland
NOTE: I have not been a baseball fan for some time, although I was an absolute fanatic in my youth and part of my adulthood. I really rooted for the hapless Cubs, hoping they would finally break the jinx. It was not to be, once again. Diehard Cub fans, please don't be insulted by this. It is not meant to do that. Have a few brewskis and wait until next year. For years, I felt the pain of the Dodgers and Lakers. I know what it was like. MIDI - IT'S A HEARTACHE It is a heartache...Cubbie fans, a heartache...
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Man in stands described as diehard fan
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Posted by COURAGE
On 10/15/2003 10:12 AM PDT with 249 comments
Chicago Sun-Times ^ | October 15, 2003 | ANNIE SWEENEYANNIE SWEENEY, FRANK MAIN AND CHRIS FUSCO
Man in stands described as diehard fan Chicago Sun-Times, October 15, 2003 BY ANNIE SWEENEY, FRANK MAIN AND CHRIS FUSCO The man some fans blame for Tuesday night's Cubs loss because he reached out and touched a foul ball that Moises Alou was trying to catch is a diehard Cubs fan who coaches youth baseball in the north suburbs. Steve Bartman, 26, works at Hewitt Associates, an international consulting firm in Lincolnshire. "He is an associate at Hewitt, and he is not coming to work today because of the incident," Suzanne Zagata-Meraz, a spokeswoman for Hewitt, said this morning. "That...
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An Internet auction house near Chicago claims to have the baseball at the center of one of the most infamous plays in Chicago Cubs history -- the foul fly from Game Six of this year's National League championship series. 