He was the guy in the crowd who tried to catch the ball at Wrigley field during one of the Chicago Cubs World Series games in Chicago.
2007-01-05 10:30:09 · 19 answers · asked by bindog 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
I think the Cubs should stop blaming Steve Bartman for what happened. I feel sorry for him. An umpire made a bad call in the 1985 WS costing the Cardinals the championship, but to be fair, that was game 6 and the Cardinals went ahead and lost game 7. Same principle here. One fan can't change the course of the whole series. If he were a player and purposely messed up, it would've been a different story. Fact is, he didn't lose the games for the Cubs. They did it themselves.
"The Cubs were leading 3-0, led the series three games to two, and were five outs away from the World Series for the first time since 1945, and possibly winning it for the first time since 1908. Coincidentally enough, Game 6 was played on the 95th anniversary of the clinching game of the Cubs last championship." - Wikipedia
The Marlins won game 7 by a score of 9-6. The Cubs could still have won game 7, in which they blew a 5-3 lead.
2007-01-05 11:05:29 · answer #1 · answered by jesus_mysuperhero 3 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Last night on Sports Center Steve Philips was asked whether or not he believed the Cubs were the best team in baseball. He said they are playing the best baseball, have a very strong team, but would still list a couple of other clubs ahead of them as being the best. I am a die hard Cubs fan to the end, but will have to agree with what he said. I think the Cubs have one of the most well rounded clubs in baseball. They have an excellent lineup, fantastic bullpen and an above average rotation. Will the Cubs win it all this year? Only time will tell. The good thing is you do not have to be the best team in baseball to win the WS. Look at 2006. I truly believe the Cardinals were not the best team in baseball, but they played the best when it mattered most. Same goes for 2003 when the Marlins topped the Yankees. The Cubs have had a relatively easy schedule thus far. Hopefully the momentum and confidence they have built will continue to carry them. They will need it come September when they play 16 out of 25 games on the road including 7 straight to end the season.
2016-05-23 07:10:29 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He Didn't "Screw Up" The Cubs Chance At Making The Playoffs. The Cubs Are Just Blamming It On Him Because They Havent Been To the World Series In Forever. That Ball Was Well In The Stands And The Cubs Cry-baby (Alou) Could Never of caught it
2007-01-05 10:35:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
According to The Wall Street Journal, Bartman's name, as well as personal information about him, appeared on Major League Baseball's online message boards minutes after the game ended. The next day, the Chicago Sun-Times also released his name, as well as his address and place of business (Hewitt Associates) in an online article; the editor justified this by saying Bartman's information was already "out there." Bartman was hounded by reporters; he had his phone disconnected and did not go to work. In his defense, childhood neighbors said he was a great guy, a lifelong Cubs fan, and a Little League coach for the town of Niles.
2007-01-05 10:45:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Steve Bartman. Still lives in the suburbs of Chicago and is 29 right now. The Chicago Sun-Times released info on where he lived and worked 2 days after "The Game." Apparently they melted that ball down (I think it sold at auction for like 114,000 dollars), they took the steam from melting it down and put it into a special pasta sauce in a Chicago area resturant. Keep in mind the Cubs management insisted it was not his fault.... but it may have been the begining of the end for the Cubs.
2007-01-05 10:35:40 · answer #5 · answered by quintstevenson 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I don't know think he is still in Chicago, but ya gotta feel for the Cubs and Bartman. I don't know who I feel worse for to tell the truth. The Cubs will get their Pennant and it will be all the more sweet for the waiting, even better then I felt as a Boston fan.
They just can't have it against my Red Sox or Mets haha
2007-01-05 10:49:47 · answer #6 · answered by It's been awhile 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nobody ever heard a thing about him. Rumor was he changed his name and moved out of town. For the record Dusty Baker and the Cubs should be ashamed of themselves for sticking it to that loyal fan. The guy was a fan of Ron Santo's and he coached youth baseball and the Cubs just spit in his face. Then again with their play they spit in all the fans faces.
2007-01-05 15:52:48 · answer #7 · answered by berta44 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do not know what happened to the guy who did such a thing but I am tired of people blaming him for costing him the World Series .If the pitcher could have retired any of the next 6 batters he faced then the Cubs still could have won the game and the pennant.
2007-01-05 10:39:49 · answer #8 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
Did he end up keeping that ball. I heard that a restaurant bought it for some crazy amount and then burnt it. I'm not too sure about what happened to him. We live in the real world, people make mistakes. I think he'd be living a reasonably normal life.
2007-01-05 14:51:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, he was gonna live in the sewers so that he would have no contact with the outside world, but even Chicago's rats started biting him for blowing that so now I think he was gonna go try to be a Marlins fan and move to Miami where they all love and appreciate all he did for them that year.
2007-01-05 10:36:08 · answer #10 · answered by packerswes4 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋