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From the Windup: Enough Is Enough With Steve Bartman

From the Windup is Matt Snyder's extended look at some aspect of America's pastime each Thursday. So I was on vacation last week. Anyway, I got home to the horror of this: "ESPN Orders Documentary On Cubs Scapegoat Steve Bartman." As if I wasn't in a bad enough mood returning home and having to get back to real life....

Carlos Marmol Injured in a Car Accident

Could this week get any better for the Chicago Cubs? I mean, they got the snot beat out of them by the Dodgers in the first round of the playoffs, getting swept for the second straight year. It was a devastating blow to Cubs fans all over, as I have a few friends who have slipped into catatonic states over it. It's even...

Forgive Steve Bartman Now? You're Too Late

Oh, how generous of you, selected Cubs fans. After merely five years, you've decided to "forgive" Steve Bartman for totally ruining your life with his precocious grabby hands in 2003. Thank goodness you've come finally around to this momentous decision. Unfortunately, you're way too late. See, most Cubs fans, the...

To Cubs Fans, Dan Uggla is the New Billy Goat

Dan Uggla has struggled during the second half of the season. Since the infamous All-Star game where Uggla struck out three times and made three errors, Uggla has been awful, sporting a line of .189/.298/.336. The All-Star game may or may not have led to Uggla's struggles, but Uggla's struggles have led to him being...

Steve Bartman Doesn't Want Your Money

As Brinson told you about yesterday, the unfairly vilified Steve Bartman was offered $25,000 by an online sports memorabilia site to sign a picture of him interfering with a foul ball in the 2003 NLCS at Wrigley Field. All Steve would have had to do was show up at a sports collectible convention in Rosemont, Illinois,...

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05/21/12 10 Signs a Chicago Cubs Curse Does Exist Source: CBS - WBBM 2 - Chicago IL Game 6 of the 2003 National League Championship Series will be forever known for Steve Bartman reaching over the wall trying to catch a ball, keeping it away from left fielder Moises Alou in the process.
05/03/12 TV: What's On Tonight?: Perhaps the presence of a... Source: The A.V. Club Here's what's up in the world of TV for Thursday, May 3.
05/02/12 S&M â Sports Memorabilia Sadistic Mementos Source: CBS - KTVT CBS 11 - Dallas / Fort Worth TX Sports memorabilia has always had a special place in the hearts of sports fanatics.
04/01/12 The Most Famous Booing Instances in Sports Source: Bleacher Report Over 90 years in the making, the Chicago Cubs looked poised to finally make the World Series.
04/01/12 Steve Bartman And The Myth Of The Beleaguered Cubs Fan Source: Rumors and Rants I watched Catching Hell , the documentary by Alex Gibney about the Steve Bartman debacle in 2003, again this Sunday morning.