a classy man that Jim Cuthbert. and yes it is rather stupid that extremely important moments in a sport can be decided by a fan like this, but then, that's baseball. unless you're just going to empty the first 2 rows or something, you can't really do anymore than have a fan interference rule like they do and hope for the best.
Cubs: You gave up 8 runs. Blame the fan, bottom line is if you need a scapegoat you're not a good enough team. For that fans sake I hope Chicago wins. I want to see the Yankees roll them to hear the next round of excuses.
But if the Cubs won, then what? This kid kept the tradition going. I don't remember the black cat, but that was hilarious.
I was in class last night so I didn't see this happen, but saw the highlights. Funny thing about momentum and karma and right now it looks like the Marlins have all the momentum and the Cubs have very bad karma. I agree with whoever said that all those other fans around this guy are hypocrites because they were the doing the same thing as him. Also, if Gonzalez handles that double play ball like he should have, we don't even hear about this fan. Cubs have got to win tonight to save us from the worst possible matchup - Marlins vs Yankees. Blech.
There <i>are</i> rumors flying around that this kid got on a flight out of Chicago last night. At least that's what I caught on the morning news here in NY. Although they may have been joking... Can't blame it all on the kid though, that muffed ground ball should have been made! The only real thing that irritates me about this whole mess, is that the Yankees have to play at 4 o’clock again today!
what a great game...some would say this is a black-eye for baseball...i'm calling b.s. on this...this is part of the history and legacy of baseball...like humanity, it ain't perfect...it has its own little charm. this moment will be remembered forever, particularly if the cubs lose tonight...it goes down as another moment in the lore of a cub fan. how great is that?? by the way...he didn't "interfere"...the ball was out of the field of play. how else would you structure it?? put plexiglass around the stadium so there is no way for the players to be able to reach over into the stands?? turn baseball parks into hockey arenas??? how else would you set it up??? when moments like this happen in baseball...they're historical events. when they happen in other sports...they're sidenotes. another reason i love this freaking sport.
apparently the edit function is turned off... so i'll add this... i watched a special called "the curse of the bambino" on HBO the other night. great documentary! ultimately the fans interviewed were asked what would happen if the red sox were to win a championship...one of the fans said the franchise wouldn't be special anymore...they'd be just another team. some others said they wouldn't know what to do with themselves...their identities would be changed in some way. same goes for cubs fans....yes, they're going nuts right now. but they've invited the "lovable loser" title they've been bestowed with...and they take pride in it...hell, they buy into it entirely, parading out goats on the field on opening day every year...it's part of who they are. all that was kept alive in a very dramatic fashion last night.
Did anyone check out the Cubs lovefest FOX put on right before the beginning of the top of the 8th, they were all ready to hand it to them. They went from the joy of victory to the agony of defeat in about 10 min, what a country.
Did you guys hear Bernie Mac's rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"? "Let's root, root, root for the champions!" he said it a few times.
apparently the message board at cubs.com is all over bernie mac, too!! hey...blame everyone BUT the guy who booted the double play ball, right?
When I lived in Chicago, the cubs crowds, far from being a bunch of lovable losers, increasingly seemed to consist of drunken junior sales manager types hell bent on re-living their frathouse days at DePaul. Those drunken morons who were harassing the guy are the same types of idiots who would dive onto the field knocking over 87year old ladies to catch a foul ball.
