That was Fucken

[Baseball_Nut]

Crazy


I never witnessed an inning like that in baseball:eek:

[guana]

I agree.

The only thing wrong with Rodriguez' play was that it didn't go through his legs. Now that would have been eerie if that had happened.

[Homer]

I agree

Last thing I hear is CUBS winning 3-0 in the eight.

Then we log onto the internet in the lockeroom and the game ends up 8-3 fish

What the fuck :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire


FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

I don't think I have ever lost a under like that before.

I do know that answered my own question. I'm done with baseball until next year. These playsoffs are to fuckup to call for me.

[Homer]

:angryfire

[Baseball_Nut]

that was screwed up

I did not bet the game, but shit was that a weird finish


lets bring Calgary home:D

[savage1]

What happened tonight in Cubs/Marlins game is precisely why baseball is my favorite sports hands down.
Unlike the other major sports in baseball there is no clock ticking away to snuff out late rallies;example in baseball you can't run out the clock like in football if you are ahead with time dwindling; unlike basketball you can't just hold or pass the ball around if you are ahead and let other team foul you where time becomes an element.
Unlike hockey you can't sit on the lead by icing the puck or at least flipping it out of your zone when you have the lead when time is winding down(the old Katie bar the door).
To tell you the truth I had very small bets on Cubs giving 1 1/2 runs and over 7.
Looked like a cinch win on the side and loss on the total until the eighth until the bizarre set of events which unfolded, and as a matter of fact I was about to turn it off after first out in the eighth.
Inasmuch as I needed Cubs to win by 1 1/2 to split, I decided to watch just a little longer.
Bottom line-I watched an amazing comeback by Marlins unhampered by any time element and ended up splitting but not
the way I thought;now I know why Yogi Berra said "It ain't over til its over."

[BearDown]

I'm still shocked. I've been a Cub fan for 30 + years, and just when we think we got it, the rug gets pulled from underneath us. Had the Cubs and the under only to watch it go away in th 8th.

[1MG ^Hawk^]

Sorry I'm a Whitesox Fan

I was rolling when I saw this....the curse is real!!!

[Homer]

Thats Awesome Hawk

[BettorsChat]

I would not want to be that guy and he better hope is name doesn't get out there.

[knowlez]

I HOPE HIS NAME IS TY GASTON:D

[russty444]

Wednesday, October 15, 2003


ESPN.com news services
Now the fan has a name.

Steve Bartman, 26, of Northbrook, Ill., was identified in Wednesday's editions of the Chicago Sun-Times as the fan who kept Cubs left fielder Moises Alou from catching a foul ball during the pivotal eighth inning of Tuesday's night Game 6 of the NL Championship Series.

Bartman reached out from his seat down the left-field line and got his hand on Luis Castillo's foul ball before Alou could catch it. Castillo then proceeded to walk, and the Marlins, who entered the top of the eighth with a 3-0 deficit against Cubs ace Mark Prior, went on to score eight runs in the inning and win 8-3 to force today's Game 7.

Bartman, a youth baseball coach who is described by those who know him as a diehard Cubs fan, works at Hewitt Associates, an international consulting firm in Lincolnshire, Ill., but he did not report to work Wednesday, the paper says.

As the Marlins rallied, security guards escorted Bartman out of the park. He threw a jacket over his face for protection, but not before other fans hurled beers at him.

"You cost us the World Series!" one fan yelled at him. Some chanted "Kill him!"

Friends and a neighbor defended Bartman, saying what he did when the foul ball came his way was a natural reaction.

"He's a huge Cubs fan," said a man who responded to "Mr. Bartman" when queried by the newspaper. "I'm sure I taught him well. I taught him to catch foul balls when they come near him."

The man declined to continue speaking to the Sun-Times and would not confirm what relation he is to Steve Bartman.

A neighbor, Ron Cohen, and others said Bartman graduated from Notre Dame and now coaches the Renegades, an elite youth baseball team in Niles, Ill. Bartman was wearing a Renegades T-shirt for Game 6, which helped Cohen recognize him from television replays.

Cohen, 63, told the Sun-Times he was watching the game on TV with his son, who grew up with "Stevie," when they realized it was Bartman who was then catching the ire of Alou.

"I really was just surprised," said Cohen, who told the paper he 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."

Cohen described Bartman as a "baseball fanatic."

"He's a good kid, a wonderful son, never in any trouble," Cohen told the Sun-Times. "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."

Cohen's description of Bartman was echoed by a parent whose son played baseball for the Renegades last year.

"He was a fine guy. He was a good baseball coach to my son," Roger Shimanovsky, 41, said. "Believe me, I'm sure nobody feels worse about this than him."

Outside Wrigley Field after Tuesday's game, Cubs fans were trying to ****** what had happened to their beloved team. The Cubs last reached the World Series in 1945 and haven't won a title since 1908.

"I'm so depressed. I'm going to cry," 21-year-old Heather Swanson said.

"If Alou had been able to catch that one ball ... I really thought they were going to do it," said Joanne Dexheimer, 47.

[MikeSchmidt20]

What about that guy masquerading as a Cubs shortstop who booted a possible inning-ending double play ground ball that would have gotten them out of the jam with their lead intact??? Did a security detail escort him out of the "Friendly" confines? Did he feel the need to shield his face as he left???

I wonder if he'll show up for work today.

And how would the hometown faithful have felt if it was a Cub foul ball, and a Chicago rally that resulted??? Probably the same way Yankee fans did about their "Angel in the Outfield" a few years ago. The kid was treated as a hero, though he unquestionably interfered with a ball in play.

Wrong place, wrong time. Get over it, Cub fan, and give this guy a break. Your team can still win this thing if they "Cowboy Up" tonight.

[russty444]

I bet they have a nice house for him in Florida.
He would be protected there.

[Homer]

He can live in one of the retirement homes. They will never find him there.