It's time for sincere apologies to Bartman

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Chicago Tribune: Morrissey: It’s time for sincere apologies to Bartman
Published 4/4/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Chicago Tribune: Morrissey: It’s time for sincere apologies to Bartman Morrissey goes after Mary Otti: And how about an apology from Lord Voldemort over at the Sun-Times, who suggested in a column Wednesday that “the cold war should end” and Bartman should throw out the first pitch at a Cubs game this season. That’s precious. This is the same Voldemort who has mentioned Bartman in 107 columns since Game 6 on Oct. 14, 2003, including a very impressive collection of 11 columns in a four-week span ending last October, when the Diamondbacks swept the Cubs in the playoffs. If my ...

Baseball Today: Friday, April 4
Published 4/4/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo SoxBlog
... MAD-EYE MOODY WOULD BE PROUD: The Chicago Tribune's Rick Morrissey starts off with what seems to be a nice little column on Steve Bartman -- who, as we noted the other day, was (finally) exonerated by Moises Alou on the Play That Must Not Be Named -- but he quickly turns it into a nuclear attack on Jay Mariotti, whom he refers to as "Lord Voldemort over at the Sun-Times." ...

Now is the Time to Apologize to Bartman?
Published 4/4/2008 by Drew H. at Undrafted Free Agent
... That quote from Moises Alou, in reference to the Steve Bartman incident, has finally led many Cubs fans to "forgive" Bartman for the play and the Cubs meltdown. Rick Morrissey, in today's Chicago Tribune, wrote that it's time for sincere apologies to Bartman. ...

Everyone is a Steve Bartman apologist now
Published 4/4/2008 by Bryan at OUT OF RIGHT FIELD
Rick Morrissey whips up some garbage 4.5 years too late because apparently he didn't feel like doing real work yesterday. Next he'll probably write an article on how the Cubs haven't won the World Series in almost 100 years. Next week, he'll write an article about how overrated the 1969 Cubs team was and how sick and tired he is hearing about it. Keep up the good work, Rick! ...

Friday Morning Headlines
Published 4/4/2008 by Max Power at A League of Her Own - Front Page
... Robert Hernandez has received a 50-game suspension for testing positive for stanozolol, a performance-enhancing substance in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. The suspension of Hernandez will be effective immediately. Hernandez is currently with Single-A Peoria of the Midwest League. Some thought Hernandez showed real potential.  Click here to see one of our own comment on that (cough, DREW, cough). Rick Morrisey wants you to apologize to Steve Bartman The Mariotti as ...

Open Thread: Cubs vs. Astros, Friday 4/4, 1:20 CT
Published 4/4/2008 by Al at Bleed Cubbie Blue
... I don't usually cite Rick Morrissey columns, and especially not ones like today's, where he discusses, you know, that 2003 NLCS incident, but I had to note his swipe at a certain Sun-Times columnist: ...

Rick Morrissey spits hot lava at Jay Mariotti
Published 4/4/2008 by PostmanE at The Postmen // A Sports Blog // Chicago, IL.
... Anyway, this call for amnesty came from a pretty ironic place this week: Jay Mariotti. The same Jay Mariotti who relishes every opportunity to spook Cubs fans about this or that curse, to whom every little decision is a sign that the Cubs are doomed to failure every year. Now Jay wants to forgive Steve. And Rick Morrissey — occasional lunkhead himself — is all over him. Awesome: ...

TCR Friday Notes (presented by OfficeMax)
Published 4/4/2008 by Rob G. at The Cub Reporter (TCR) | A Chicago Cubs Blog -
... few times, but he's made a career of getting hit by pitches, so he needs to get over it quick. As for the play itself, the ball wasn't all that close to Soto and it wouldn't have taken any effort by Weeks to go around him. I'm frankly shocked that the Cubs didn't retaliate later in the game. On the other hand, we needed the win pretty badly and maybe it's best to save that for down the road. This Fukudome character is pretty good. - I'm a bit surprised people are buying into this story from Moises Alou that he ...

A Very Special Link Dump
Published 4/4/2008 by McD at Rumors and Rants
... organization, your favorite team, has been run by morons for 80 years (see Baker, Dusty and Riggleman, Jim -- and that's just the two most recent crappy managers!). That's why you haven't won a title since 1908. Not freaking Steve Bartman or some stupid goat. You need new ownership, a competent GM, and a fan base that isn't totally reactionary. Get those, and maybe we won't be talking about 200 years without a title, since 100 seems inevitable. Good night and good luck, Cubs fan - Chicago Sports

Exonerating Moises Alou
Published 4/9/2008 by Mike D. at Hire Jim Essian!
... The point is, though, that writers like Moronotti and his dumbass carbon copy up the street Rick Morrisey don’t know the whole story; in fact, these boobs are unaware that there is a whole story. ...