Although I've tweeted about him a few times, I still wanted to shine more light on the tragic story of Chicago Cubs fan Steven Bartman. (You can read the background story on wikipedia below). I stumbled across this story on 710 ESPN Radio. As usual, I was hoping for some NBA lockout good news on the traffic ride home but instead, I came across this baseball story (something I'd usually skip). My first thought was "holy crap, this fits in perfectly with what we just discussed and takes it to a whole-nother level!" First of all, there were several hands trying to catch the ball; Steve was just unlucky enough to put his hands on it. Secondly, the blame for the ball club's lack of success was put solely on his shoulders over some ridiculous superstitions. Thirdly, the governor publicly states that Chicago will not pardon him.. Are you freaking serious? Fourthly, he had to join a witness protection program and has been hiding ever since, declining every single public sponsorship and interview (even the ones that pay). One day, he's just your average, ordinary baseball fan and the next, he's already Chicago's second most hated person. I can understand the dissatisfaction of being a fan of a franchise that's constantly losing but that is just too much. You have to draw the line between being a loyal, die-hard fan and being a human with morals. He's not the reason the Cubs gave up 8 (yeah, EIGHT) runs in the next inning to lose the game 8-3,and evenually lose their 3-2 playoff lead. That's all them. Being a fan of the Chicago Cubs after so many losing seasons and missed chances must be hard, but shouldering the entire blame for your team's lack of success? That's unimaginable. Some say that people today don't care enough, I think they only care about the stupid things.
- Marshal Truong Kin 332I Sec 3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bartman_incident
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