Thankfully for me, my team wasn’t on the shitty end of this play, so I still excite at the very thought of Steve Bartman blocking that baseballs path from entering Moises Alou’s glove. Everyone remembers a pissed off Alou throwing his glove down, and his statements afterwards claiming he most certainly would’ve caught the ball. But now, almost five years later, Alou has changed his tune, basically saying that he wouldn’t have caught the ball.

Looking at the above image, you can see the ball was clearly heading straight for his glove. I don’t necessarily blame Bartman for the Cubs’ collapse, but I also don’t agree with those who say "anyone would’ve done the same thing." I’ve been to multiple games, sitting along the first base line, and even in the first inning of a game in April, I am moving out of the way so my first baseman can have a clear shot of it. Granted, I have a bigger mental capacity and more quick reasoning skills than your average Bartman, but it isn’t that hard to try and avoid a live play.

I guess the years of heckling are really getting to him. Either way, I don’t really give a shit, because the Fish got the ring.

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