Watched ESPN’s documentary “Catching Hell” - Spectator -Bartman, along with 5 others reaches for a foul ball that may have been caught by Cubs outfielder.
(…the following error and 8 runs scored did not have anything to do with it!)
He gets blamed for costing the Cubs a World Series appearance. Needs police / security escort out of Wrigley Field to a local hotel…then receives death threats.
After watching the crowds reaction I think Bartman was not the one who deserved to get pummeled.
Have to agree. The show was great. The behaviour exhibited shameful.
I particularly loved the jackwad salesman sitting 13 rows above Bartman. They interviewed him a couple of times showing his actions that night and he didn’t even have the wherewithal to be contrite about it. He still thought it was somehow funny.
…the same dip weed who couldn’t remember how many games he had been thrown out of!
saw this as well. the cubs fans reactions were embarrassing.
Watched it last night, thought they focused a little too much on Bill Buckner in the beginning by spending almost the first 25 minutes on him, but I see where they were trying to make the overall point of him being unfairly blamed (I always thought Bob Stanley was more at fault for the wild pitch that tied the game, plus John McNamara going against his usual routine of replacing Buckner in late innings with Dave Stapleton because he wanted Buckner on the field for the celebration if they won).
I especially liked how security got Bartman out of Wrigley that night after his friends had bailed on him where the one girl first dressed him as a stadium employee and then had to keep him in her apartment when someone on the street recognized him. That is going way above and beyond where they easily could have just tossed him out but realized they had to do something where it got ugly quick. I also liked the simulation they did where they digitally removed everyone except Moises Alou from the angle shot from center field which showed that he more than likely would have caught the ball. Still, I don’t think he deserves the full blame where Alex Gonzalez (an excellent defensive shortstop) had the subsequent error and then the Marlins hit the ball at will.
Similar to the Cubs in '03, the Red Sox still had a Game 7 to play afterwards in which they also had a lead which they subsequently lost, but that tends to be forgotten in both cases where Buckner and Bartman became the scapegoats.
uh oh, Brian said Goats!!
Dan
Buckner redeemed himself on Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Buckner redeemed himself on Curb Your Enthusiasm.
He certainly did. The interview he gave for the Bartman story last night was likely done before he had the chance to catch a baby tossed from a burning building. ; )
I was at the Cubs Bartman game. Sitting out by first base, lower level but further up. I saw the whole thing happen with my binoculars. We were all high-fiving each up to that point.
First, what no one realizes, unless you were there, is that everyone at the stadium thought it was the attorney dude wearing the grey jacket. People were throwing beers at him. He got taken out first. But then the crowd get going, and that’s when Bartman got taken out for his safety. Until that point Bartman didn’t think he had done anything wrong because the ATTORNEY dude actually got the baseball. It was only later on TV that someone called in and gave Bartman’s name did he have problems in Chicago.
Second, the attorney, who no one remembers his name, sold the baseball to Harey Carey’s restaurant for over $100K. He made out sweet, and no one remembers his name - when everyone at the stadium thought it was he that caused the issue.