Chicago Tribune columnist lets Steve Bartman off the hook. He says Bartman isn’t to blame for the Cubs losing out on a chance to go to the World Series back in 2003. After all, all the guy did was reach into foul territory and interfere with a Cubs player who was trying to catch a popup. Sure, the Cubs were five outs away from going to the Series. Sure the batter ended up walking. It was the entire team’s fault, Morrissey says, for the loss. None of those these were the result of Bartman’s interferance, he says.
Bull.
I recall reading a science fiction story in my youth about time travelers who go back to prehistoric times, step on a butterfly, and end up causing all of humanity to wipes off the face of the Earth. That one change — a butterfly that dies before it’s time — causes a series of reactions that lead to the human race to not come into existence.
But Steve Bartman — by depriving the Cubs out of one of the five outs they needed to make it to the World Series — did nothing bad to the Cubs. Yeah. Right.
If Alou is allowed to catch tbe ball, then there is no need for the double play to get out of the inning. Then Prior would have no reason to lose his composure. Sure, the Marlins could still have come back to win, but they would have had to do it on their own without the extra at bats they got due to Bartman’s gaffe.
I’m sick of columnists and so-called experts trying to prove how much smarter they are then the average fan by denying the conventional wisdom that Bartman cost the Cubs a trip to the series. Bartman’s isn’t a curse. Batman just deserved to be cured at.
Stay hidden awya fronm sight, Mr. Bartman. It’s for your own good. And stay the Hell away from Wrigley Field.
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Eh.
It is like blaming the field goal kicker for missing a 60 yard attempt with 2 seconds left to go to win the game. How about the wide receiver that dropped the pass in the endzone, the front line that allowed six sacks, the half back showboating for a few extra yards instead of getting out of bounds to stop the clock or the QB that threw three interceptions? But blame the field goal kicker.
Same thing with Batman. If the Cubs would have had an 8 run lead and a no hitter going, Bartman wouldn’t have mattered.
Sorry, I’ll choose Alex Gonzalez as the real goat. The Cubs get the double-play and they go tot he World Series.
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Wowwwww. Still a lot of raw nerves over the 2003 playoffs in Chi-town, eh?
I guess we are at a century of no World Series wins now, huh? 1908, right?
Well, it’s got to be tough for you, I know how loyal Cubs fans are.
Now that that difficult century has come and gone, here’s wishing good luck for the old Cubbies in the future (, as long as it doesn’t interfere with the Mets, of course, let’s not go crazy here).
I actually felt bad for the Cubs that year. It was the same way I felt bad that the Bears ruined the Packers perfect season. However, I also found it incredibly funny that the reason the Cubs lost was due to the actions of one of their own dumb fans.
Yeah, I don’t think the Cubbies came out looking bad after that gaffe, but the fans image went all to hell.