Wednesday, October 15, 2003
Baseball Playoffs Special Edition
There are few words to describe how awful I feel and what I have experienced within these last 24 hours. I've been a Cub fan all my life and fully understand the relationship between my actions and the outcome of the game. I had my eyes glued on the approaching ball the entire time and was so caught up in the moment that I did not even see Moises Alou, much less that he may have had a play. Had I thought for one second that the ball was playable or had I seen Alou approaching, I would have done whatever I could to get out of the way and give Alou a chance to make the catch. To Moises Alou, the Chicago Cubs organization, Ron Santo, Ernie Banks, and Cub fans everywhere, I am so truly sorry from the bottom of this Cub fan's broken heart. I ask that Cub fans everywhere redirect the negative energy that has been vented towards my family, my friends and myself into the usual positive support for our beloved team on their way to being National League champs.--Steve Bartman, 26, Northbrook IL (in a written statement released earlier tonight read by his brother)Final score tonight: Marlins beat the Cubs 9-6. Congrats to the Marlins on advancing to the World Series.
BTW, how weird was it watching Billy Corgan singing "Take me out to the ballgame" during that game tonight? In my book, that's a pretty big fall even from the depths that his last band Zwan managed to tread in briefly before they completely faded away.
I'm not really a hardcore baseball fan but damn those Red Sox. Between all the drama with the Cubs last night (and the fact that they lost the NLC after being up 3-1 in the series) and that wacky brawl in Game 3 on Saturday during the Sox-Yankees game, suddenly baseball has become a lot more interesting to watch.
