15 October 2003Sports
Dead Man

Dead ManThere are so many questions swirling around Chicago after last night's collapse against the Florida Marlins. Did this fan reach into to the field of play to interfere with Moises Alou? Did it change the result of the game? Is this just another manifestation of the "curse"? Are the Cubs going to choke again?

All these questions will disappear if the Cubs can win tonight and they have a good chance, playing at home with Kerry Wood on the mound. But if they lose, the questions will be debated for years and this guy will have to go into the witness protection program.

The reality is, the ball was in the stands and the guy had every right to go after it. At the time, the Cubs were up 3-0. It wasn't this guy who gave up the hits to the Marlins. It was Prior and Farnsworth. It wasn't this guy who didn't make a pitching change after Prior lost his shutout. It was Dusty Baker. It wasn't this guy who booted a routine double play ball. It was Alex Gonzalez. And it wasn't this guy who only put three runs on the board. It was the lousy Cubs.

I want the Cubs to win as much as anybody. I think the most exciting thing that could happen to baseball in decades would be a Cubs-Red Sox series. The next best would be Cubs-Yankees. Anything other than those two possibilities is frightening, not only for me and most of the fans in America, but also for FOX or whoever is broadcasting the games. Sorry Marlins, but no one outside of Florida wants to see you play another game.

(BTW - News organizations who are giving out information about this guy such as where he lives and works are going to sued unmercilessly, and rightly so)

Posted by andrew at October 15, 2003 02:58 PM


Comments

JenBen Says:

OMG, that man REALLY is dead now that the Cubs lost! Marlins Vs. Sox? not NEARLY as interesting.

October 15, 2003 11:32 PM




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