Sports Moments Revisited: Steve Bartman Kills Cubbies

Pretend you are Steve Bartman.  You are a huge Cubs fan and have a chance to sit right down the left field line in the first row. You are sitting there in the 8th inning as Marlins player Luis Castillo knocks one towards you. The experience is surreal.  You have a ball coming at you in the playoffs as the Cubs try to finally make the playoffs after nearly 100 years. You want a piece of history. Pretend you are Moises Alou.  You are a Cubs fan favorite and play in left field. Louis Castillo just hit a fly ball down the left field line and you are charging hard trying to get an important out late in the game. You jump for the ball, open your glove, wait for the thump, then, nothing.  A fan caught the ball instead of you. Go back to Bartman. You catch that very ball that you were going for and fight it away from all the others trying for the ball. You are ecstatic.  You now have a piece of history.  You are going to tell your kids and your grand-kids, hell, you ... [link]