OT: "Catching Hell" 30 for 30

[chris6net]

He won,t be interviewed for the show according to a review I read. Since I am not a Cubs fan I haven,t really formed an opinion as to whether he should be a sympathetic figure or not. It should be a great show as ESPN usually does a nice job on these. CN

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by chris6net

He won,t be interviewed for the show according to a review I read. Since I am not a Cubs fan I haven,t really formed an opinion as to whether he should be a sympathetic figure or not. It should be a great show as ESPN usually does a nice job on these. CN

Of course he should be a sympathetic figure..he did what just about any fan in the world would do and he wasn't the only Cubs fan grabbing for that ball...He's been offered all kinds of stuff to become a fan of other teams and has declined. It's absolutely sickening the way he's been treated and it really made me start rooting against the Cubs..a team which I used to pull for regularly. Bartman didn't make Gonzalez commit an error..he didn't make Prior suck.

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

Of course he should be a sympathetic figure..he did what just about any fan in the world would do and he wasn't the only Cubs fan grabbing for that ball...He's been offered all kinds of stuff to become a fan of other teams and has declined. It's absolutely sickening the way he's been treated and it really made me start rooting against the Cubs..a team which I used to pull for regularly. Bartman didn't make Gonzalez commit an error..he didn't make Prior suck.

Agree, and he hasn't been around since 1908 (or whenever) for that matter either.

[whitehse]

He is nothing more than a scapegoat for a team that failed to deliver..nothing more...nothing less.

This poor guy is employed where I work and has even had reporters stalking him in our parking lot asking him for comments. They really need to leave this guy alone.

[ScottR81]

As lifelong Chicagoan and Cubs fan this will be bittersweet to watch, Cubs had plenty of chances to win that series after the bartman play.

But yes we are looking for any reason to blame some curse and not the owner/GM/coaches/players.

As we say around here, "next year is our year for sure."

[BleedinBlue]

Originally Posted by ScottR81

As we say around here, "next year is our year for sure."

I hate to tell you but it won't be next year either...

[alanu]

Originally Posted by whitehse

He is nothing more than a scapegoat for a team that failed to deliver..nothing more...nothing less.

This poor guy is employed where I work and has even had reporters stalking him in our parking lot asking him for comments. They really need to leave this guy alone.

I'm sure he's really looking forward to this 30-30 episode to bring the incident to the cub fans eyes again, especially after another stellar season on their part.... and even worse, Zambrano was on my fantasy baseball team

[sportscardpete]

Originally Posted by whitehse

He is nothing more than a scapegoat for a team that failed to deliver..nothing more...nothing less.

This poor guy is employed where I work and has even had reporters stalking him in our parking lot asking him for comments. They really need to leave this guy alone.

Totally agree. 95% of the fans would have done the same thing. To blame it all on him is seriously messed up. Poor guy.

That being said, I'm not a cubs fan! Maybe if this happened to my beloved Yankees, I'd have a different point of view.

[dstraate]

I'm with the rest here. Bartman didn't do a darn thing wrong. I still remember watching the play, and I thought Moises' little tantrum exacerbated the anti-Bartman sentiment. In retrospect, I think that kind of shows how my beloved Cubbies felt about the game. After the "incident" we were still up, our stud was on the hill, and we were at home. The attitude should have been, "no worries, we got this" instead it was "omigod, now what?!". Winners win, we Cr@pped the bed.

[packs]

I'm really looking forward to this documentary.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by dstraate

I'm with the rest here. Bartman didn't do a darn thing wrong. I still remember watching the play, and I thought Moises' little tantrum exacerbated the anti-Bartman sentiment..

I agree completely.