I'm a huge Cubs fan and will definitely try to watch this. I never "blamed" Bartman and I feel very sorry for him. It was just instinct, and as a previous poster said, lots of other people were reaching, too. That being said, I'm convinced that Alou would have caught that ball. He had it measured perfectly and it was definitely in reach. And after that, things just snowballed. (As they always seem to do with the Cubs.)
People say, well, these guys are professional athletes and they shouldn't believe in curses and all that. And that they should've just put the Bartman thing out of their head and moved on. To that I say, bull#@%. They're human. And when something goes wrong in such a pressure-packed situation, and with the Cubs history, I really think it starts getting in some of the players' heads. They start thinking, "Uh-oh. What's going to go wrong next?" Then they're distracted, and more bad stuff happens. And the snowball starts rolling.
Anyway, just a little rant from a miserable Cubs fan (I think that's redundant).
Cheers.
Rob
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