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strangebrew
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If this wasnt about baseball, I might care.
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Cool.
That sports needs some excitement. I mean shit, the actual sport is dry as dust.
That sports needs some excitement. I mean shit, the actual sport is dry as dust.
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not too sure Moises would have caught the ball anyhow,and/or if he had ,extended like that ,airborne his wrist would have been able to withstand the "fall" onto that steel bar along the concrete wall and held the ball..more glaring was Gonzalez's boot of the easy grounder
Maybe if Sosa had thrown the ball to second after that sac. fly, the score would have stayed close. There was no way that he was going to throw out the runner at home, throwing it to second would have kept runners on the corners and they would have pitched to the next batter instead of walking him, and setting up Mordecai for his double.
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the kid is as good as dead...his face was all over the tv...someone with a tivo will make a still frame a jpeg and circulate it around the net before the day is through.
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Anyone that tries to blame that loss on a fan is full of denial. Face it, they gave up 8 runs in one inning because they just plain fucked up.
LOL Cubs going down 4-3 hopefully....I've had enough of their jackass fans. 
primetime21
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this sucks. I was hoping the yankees would dash the hopes and dreams of the Red sox AND the Cubs fans in just 2 weeks!
At least the cubs still have a fighting chance tonight.
At least the cubs still have a fighting chance tonight.
Damn!
"Everybody comes to the ballpark and wants a ball. It's unfortunate it happened. I was very upset. I was there. I got there in time. I jumped. I had my eyes on the ball. But everybody who goes to the ballpark wants a baseball. Hopefully, he doesn't have to regret it for the rest of his life. ”
— Moises Alou, Cubs left fielder
"Everybody comes to the ballpark and wants a ball. It's unfortunate it happened. I was very upset. I was there. I got there in time. I jumped. I had my eyes on the ball. But everybody who goes to the ballpark wants a baseball. Hopefully, he doesn't have to regret it for the rest of his life. ”
— Moises Alou, Cubs left fielder
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PHATchik said:Go Marlins.
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Go Leafs Go!!!
I truly hope the Cubs lose.
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Really- I am not disagreeing with you--- (I do think it is crazy and weird-and fun to be sensational about the whole thing).... What I am saying is can you imagine being that kid? That would be a fate worse than death...
If they lose, the only thing people talk about 100 years from now is the kid in the stands, not the dropped ball as short, not the liner the marlin guy ricocheted off the ivy, etc...
Chicago Sun-Times
Man in stands described as diehard fan
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 was a decision that Steve and [Human Resources] made together. We have been in contact with Steve."
A man who answered the door at the Northbrook home where friends and a neighbor said Bartman grew up defended him, saying he only did what came naturally when a foul ball came his way.
"He's a huge Cubs fan," said the man, who responded to "Mr. Bartman." "I'm sure I taught him well. I taught him to catch foul balls when they come near him."
He declined to say any more and would not confirm what relation he is to Steve Bartman.
A neighbor, Ron Cohen, said he has known the Bartman family for 20 years. He and others said Bartman was a graduate of the University of Notre Dame who played for and is now a coach for the Renegades, an elite youth baseball club in Niles.
Cohen said he saw Bartman on Sunday and that Bartman told him then that he had tickets to Tuesday's game.
"He felt great he got tickets to the game," said Cohen, 63.
Cohen was watching the game on TV with his son, who grew up with "Stevie," when they recognized the man in the Renegades shirt.
"I really was just surprised," said Cohen, who called Bartman's mother. "I think it's just a natural tendency. Everybody reaches. I'm not trying to defend him, but I think it's just a natural tendency. He may not have seen Alou coming."
He described Bartman as a baseball fanatic.
"He's a good kid, a wonderful son, never in any trouble," Cohen told a Sun-Times reporter. "I don't think he should be blamed at all. People reach for balls. This just happened to be a little more critical. If Florida didn't score all the runs, you wouldn't be standing here."
A parent whose son played baseball for the Renegades last year echoed Cohen's description of Bartman.
"He was a fine guy. He was a good baseball coach to my son," said Roger Shimanovsky, 41. "Believe me, I'm sure nobody feels worse about this than him."
Bartman is listed as a coach of the Renegades' 13-year-old team this year, according to the organization's Web site.
He also was a player on a 1992 Renegades team that finished with 47 wins and 10 losses. The team was the Palatine League champion and the Pekin Fourth of July tournament champion.
The home where Bartman grew up backs up to a baseball field where his dad would hit pop-ups for him and his friends to catch, said Ron Cohen's son, Gary Cohen, 34. He said Bartman's favorite player growing up was Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg.
Man in stands described as diehard fan
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 was a decision that Steve and [Human Resources] made together. We have been in contact with Steve."
A man who answered the door at the Northbrook home where friends and a neighbor said Bartman grew up defended him, saying he only did what came naturally when a foul ball came his way.
"He's a huge Cubs fan," said the man, who responded to "Mr. Bartman." "I'm sure I taught him well. I taught him to catch foul balls when they come near him."
He declined to say any more and would not confirm what relation he is to Steve Bartman.
A neighbor, Ron Cohen, said he has known the Bartman family for 20 years. He and others said Bartman was a graduate of the University of Notre Dame who played for and is now a coach for the Renegades, an elite youth baseball club in Niles.
Cohen said he saw Bartman on Sunday and that Bartman told him then that he had tickets to Tuesday's game.
"He felt great he got tickets to the game," said Cohen, 63.
Cohen was watching the game on TV with his son, who grew up with "Stevie," when they recognized the man in the Renegades shirt.
"I really was just surprised," said Cohen, who called Bartman's mother. "I think it's just a natural tendency. Everybody reaches. I'm not trying to defend him, but I think it's just a natural tendency. He may not have seen Alou coming."
He described Bartman as a baseball fanatic.
"He's a good kid, a wonderful son, never in any trouble," Cohen told a Sun-Times reporter. "I don't think he should be blamed at all. People reach for balls. This just happened to be a little more critical. If Florida didn't score all the runs, you wouldn't be standing here."
A parent whose son played baseball for the Renegades last year echoed Cohen's description of Bartman.
"He was a fine guy. He was a good baseball coach to my son," said Roger Shimanovsky, 41. "Believe me, I'm sure nobody feels worse about this than him."
Bartman is listed as a coach of the Renegades' 13-year-old team this year, according to the organization's Web site.
He also was a player on a 1992 Renegades team that finished with 47 wins and 10 losses. The team was the Palatine League champion and the Pekin Fourth of July tournament champion.
The home where Bartman grew up backs up to a baseball field where his dad would hit pop-ups for him and his friends to catch, said Ron Cohen's son, Gary Cohen, 34. He said Bartman's favorite player growing up was Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg.
jerkbox said:
hey thanks for the heads up there bor! :jackass: LOL
in recent news, the guy next to me at work is going to dress up as the dude.... a blue sweatshirt, with a green turtle neck, classes, cubs hat... and a stick sticking out over his head with a ball dangling in front of him- so that he is constantly trying to catch it.... I told him chances are some cub fan would carve him up with a broken bottle of old style....
this same guy was going to be roy, with blood all over his neck and makeup and a pirate shirt.... and a stuffed tiger on his shoulder...
funny stuff...
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