That Cubs fan might ruin it all for them

[Resistance]

If the Cubs blow it tonight - due to that IDIOT fan trying to catch the ball. And if, they end up blowing the whole series to the Marlins, because of that IDIOT fan ...

That guy is an IDIOT IDIOT IDIOT

It's 4 to 3 now, with 2 outs, and SHOULD BE THREE OUTS with a TIED score, if it weren't for that IDIOT FAN.

(on edit, the inning ended 8 to 3!!!!!!)

on another edit, the Cubs lost.

And here's a picture of THE IDIOT

[jenk]

1. and the ball going of Gonzalez glove

It's like Buckner all over again


a curse I tell ya'


anybody got a black cat?

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. I do I do. His name is Merlin.

I live nowhere near Chicago though...so it's not his fault.

[ikojo]

72. Bill Buckner WAS with the Cubs

you know!




:cry:

:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:



:argh:

[HEyHEY]

2. I was just gonna say he best get his ass..outta that stadium pronto!

[Resistance]

7. LOL exactly

But, last shot of him they showed he was just sitting there. The guy better call for security

[HEyHEY]

13. I don't know, his best bet may just be jumpin the wall and fleeing ...

down the tunnel!

[Cocoa]

14. witness protection program, I'd say

His face was on TV. :scared:

[prolesunited]

17. Actually, I think they did

have security move in around him. They weren't in uniforms, just burly men with walkie-talkies.

[yankeedem]

3. Oh my God

I was kind of hoping they would make it, if the Cubs don't recover that fan will have to go into witness protection, like NOW!

[soleft]

4. Jeffrey Meyer in reverse

He might have to leave th country

[Nazgul35]

6. Cubs deserve to lose...

for having stupid fans!!!!

My God....95 years since the last series win and you gotta grab for a foul ball...come on!!!!!!!

I'm now rooting for the Marlins cause of the stupidest fan of all time...

[DS1]

96. like Democrats and Floridian voters?

/fueling fire :evilgrin:

[Resistance]

8. OH MY GOD

It's SEVEN to THREE now, and the inning would be OVER IF IT WEREN'T FOR THAT IDIOT FAN

IDIOT IDIOT IDIOT IDIOT

[Seneca]

10. yeah, he will need armed escorts out of thepark

Luckily, I can survive DU. :o

[TSIAS]

9. You can't blame the fan for it all

Gonzalez made a crucial error. It was borderline as to whether to went into fair territory.

[HEyHEY]

16. explain that to a mob of 50,000 robbed cubs fans!

[Walt Starr]

22. YOUR GOD DAMN STRAIGHT I BLAME THAT FUCKING IDIOT!

If he knows what's good for him, he'll get an escort out of the field.

[ComerPerro]

30. Ok, but look: consider this

If that out had counted, no one would have scored on IRod's hit. At BEST, it would be tied 3-3, inning over.

At Best.

[TSIAS]

44. You're probably right

They always say baseball is a game of inches. It sure was tonight.

[Resistance]

39. True

But even with the Gonzalez error, the Cubs get by with a tied 3-3 score if not for that fan. Of course, you never know what Prior would have pitched to Pudge, had it been 2 outs instead of 1 at that point ...

[stickdog]

52. I BLAME THE FAN.

Get a grip.

We THROW BACK HOMERUNS!!!

[tridim]

11. That fan is in deep doo doo

Get an escort out dude, you'll need it.

[RetroLounge]

12. 7 run inning now. Cubs will lose because of that bonehead.

that fan better pack his fucking bags and leave town.

He is toast. Period. Toast.

His life is ruined. as it should be.

[Walt Starr]

18. 8 run winning

somwhere the ghost of a goat is laughing.

I'd hate to be that fucking idiot.

[benfranklin1776]

51. On the subject of the goat...

....has any effort been made to remove the goat curse by extreme measures like exorcism or finding a suitable replacement and bringing it into Wrigley thereby ending the curse? I mean at this point I am willing to try anything, even buying a goat, and a ticket for it if need be. Anything to end this jinx.

[Walt Starr]

64. Fans flew to Houston late this season

purchased a goat and tried to get into an Astros - Cubs game. They were turned away from the park after which they laid a curse on the Astros.

[benfranklin1776]

74. Worked splendidly there then.

Now how to undo it in Chicago. I say let the damn goat in and give him a friggin field box and all the popcorn he can eat. Whatever it takes.

[Walt Starr]

78. The billy goat incident happened in 1945

That billy goat is lonnng dead.

[benfranklin1776]

84. No you are right but I saw something on the news where someone had a ....

descendant of the goat or what he claimed it was anyway. Thus I say let that goat in, ANY goat for symbolic measure. Lighten the atmosphere psychologically. I don't want to see my favorite player Sammy go the way of Ernie Banks.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

32. His life is ruined. as it should be.

I don't believe I have never read anything like that anywhere.

But you are right. :) (Red Sox fans know)

[youngred]

15. This isn't happening

I'm not a Cubs fan but I really really want them in the series...this is unbelieveable

[trumad]

19. I guess you can say that Cubs fan was a Goat...

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha...

Go Fish!

[youngred]

23. Ouch!

that hurts!

[TSIAS]

42. LOL!

I feel bad for the fan, but I can't help but laugh at their bad fortune. The Marlins have it tough tomorrow against Wood. I wonder if the Cubs can emotionally recover from this.

[Cloud]

60. I heard about that

The announcers mentioned the curse of the billy goat.

Come again?

[Spirochete]

20. Cubs are still snakebit

They'll manage to lose tomorrow, too - even with Kerry Wood pitching. Their only solution may be to move out of Chicago and start over in another city.

[RobertSeattle]

21. How do you spell choke?

[RetroLounge]

25. How do you spell fan interference.

That f*cker better move to Florida...

[ikojo]

79. Let's start a tin foil hat

alert...

was the fan paid by the Bushies to throw the game to the Marlins?


You just never know....after all Jeb said he'd deliver Florida...


<sarcasm off>


:tinfoilhat:

[Cocoa]

90. it all goes back to Texas

when Bush traded Sammy. It's all part of a plot to crush the spirit of a democratic city.

[soothsayer]

24. eeesh, I bet he feels crumby

they keep showing him, too

he looks like he feels sick

[ComerPerro]

34. Its not that he feels bad

Its because he fears for his safety.

Dumb motherfucker is a conservative hero.
He sold out his fellow man and everything he believed in an effort to benifit himself.

[stickdog]

67. Buffalo 66 is how I feel.

Gun control is a good thing right now.

[leftofthedial]

26. he'll need plastic surgery and a change of address

to survive the week.

[Paragon]

27. Dipshit was wearing a headset

AT THE FUCKING GAME HE WAS AT.

I'm sure security is already down there.

[Walt Starr]

31. He's going to get an escort out

If not, I'd fear he'll be killed.

The fucked up idiot should have known better. That's twice in this series a Cubs fan robbed the game from the Cubs.

[Paragon]

36. I lived a 5 minute walk away from Wrigley; north siders are mellow

But damn if I wouldn't beat the living crap out of that moron.

[RetroLounge]

37. I will get in my car and drive the 90 miles

just to hold him while you pummel his stupid ass.

He is so over. Better call home and start packing.

[HEyHEY]

I'll fly the 3000 miles to watch

[fishnfla]

28. I dont know

he was the last guy to reach for the ball,
there were others, including a kid, so he aint the only dummy. last they showed, security was on him.

[Cocoa]

29. Mrs. O'Leary's family was harrassed for generations

the city of Chicago recently exonerated her cow for starting the Fire.

[SaveElmer]

33. This Series is over Yankees - Marlins World Series

The curses are alive and well.

[TSIAS]

49. Go Marlins!

I'd prefer to see RedSox/Marlins, though.

[Cush]

35. Um, no offense or anythign

but how do you even know he was going to catch that ball? Looked like a tough catch.

Blame the shortstop who pulled the Buckner, could have gotten out of the inning tied or down by only 1

[Walt Starr]

38. The ball was headed straight for Alou's glove

The FUCKING IDIOT in the seats blocked the ball from falling easily into the glove.

He needs to leave Chicago, TONIGHT!

[Resistance]

45. Not just tonight

RIGHT NOW!

(They keep showing him still sitting there)

[Walt Starr]

50. I hope the Tribune has his mug PLASTERED on page one tomorrow

He is so outta here.

Fucking greedy ass bastard cost the Cubs the pennant.

[IndianaGreen]

93. The Tribune does have his picture posted on their website

On the front page:



http://www.chicagotribune.com/

[ComerPerro]

40. It was practically in Alou's glove

It was caught. It was an out. But that greedy shithead ruined it.

[Cush]

41. ok

I only saw the replay and the angle I saw looked like it was out of reach

[Cloud]

81. It was catchable

It looked like it was no more than 6 inches above Alou's glove. He jumped high enough. Someone's hand deflected the ball. Alou closed his glove but there was nothing but air in his glove. It was catchable. Just look at Alou's reaction afterward.

If it is caught then there are 2 outs. Assuming that a few more hits are given up it is 2-3 or 3-3 worst case scenario.

It is all up to Wood tomorrow. He pitched game 5 against Atlanta so I believe the Cubs can win tomorrow. Although this game must really hurt the Cubs emotionally.

[stickdog]

73. The ball was in the glove. (NT)

[Redneck Socialist]

43. wow

There has to be some malevolent cosmic force operating tonight. wow...

[RetroLounge]

47. I saw it! I saw it! Rising up and knocking the ball away!

it was Clintons Penis! Damn...

I am so f*cking bummed...

[bluestateguy]

46. idiot fans on the left field line

A lot of people in the North side of Chicago are going to justifiably be very angry at those dodo birds who interfered with a precious out.

I'm sensing another of of bluestateguy's "chickens come home to roost" posts...

[stickdog]

48. Kill the fan.

Words cannot express my feelings toward that fan.

For a Cub fan, that behavior was UNCONSCIONABLE.

You will get another fucking ball. The Cubs will not get another World Series.

[Walt Starr]

53. If he had held back, Alou would have THROWN HIM THE FUCKING BALL!

Son of a bitch doesn't deserve anything but an entire city's scorn now.

[RetroLounge]

54. Alou looked like he wanted to climb that wall

and throttle that fucker.

He should have...

[SaveElmer]

56. Dude...lighten up a bit

It's a baseball game. Plus the shortstop was just as much to blame for bootin that ball.

[bluestateguy]

66. Red Sox fans would have been smart enough to stay out of the way

The Red Sox have a lot of flaws, but their fans are not stupid.

[stickdog]

83. CUB FANS THROW BACK OPPOSING HOME RUNS!!!

My dad forced my brother to throw back a Johnny Bench home run he caught on his 5th birthday. He threw it back while crying, and the fans in the bleachers gave him a standing ovation.

So don't tell me that fan isn't a piece of shit disgrace to every Cub fan across the nation.

[Walt Starr]

89. HE WAS A MARLINS FAN!

So says Dusty Baker.

[qwertyMike]

99. This isn't Iraq

This is SERIOUS stuff !!

[Resistance]

59. You're right

There is no way to express the feelings.

95 years.

Cubs are now close, and have the best looking team in years and years and years and years, with two of the BEST pitchers in the game. They've got an 8th inning lead AT WRIGLEY and this idiot BLOWS IT for the team.

THE FAN BLEW IT.

Say G'night Cubbies. Thanks, Cubs fan: we want to know your name.

[HEyHEY]

61. I bet he's some asshole

WHo doesn't even like baseball and got the tix from a relative

[fishnfla]

55. How many runs were scored after the fan made that mistake?

How many of those plays was he involved thereafter? y'all talking about holding him down and pummeling him? its just a game folks, get a grip.

[Paragon]

57. Spoken like a fan of an expansion team

Get a grip.

[fishnfla]

63. Wow, ugliness!

*shakes his head*

[IndianaGreen]

94. I hope the Yankees pummel the Marlins into canned tuna!

This is baseball!

[RetroLounge]

62. Are you gloating?

shame on you. Can't you see we are in serious pain here?

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[Resistance]

65. The runs wouldn't have been scored is the point

The third out would have come with at worst a tied 3 to 3 score (on the flyball), and that is accounting for the Gonzalez error.

[Nazgul35]

71. easy to say...

your team won a world series than sold off all the players...only to come back again a few years later....

As a Phillies fan I have enjoyed the pain of Cubs fans for many years...but damn, enough's enough....I was really pulling for them and the Sox....

:evilfrown:

[bluestateguy]

58. Will Gov. Blagojevich pardon the lynch mob who mauls that fan?

That is the new issue of Illinois politics now....

[Paragon]

68. He's been escorted out of the park by security

So sez Psycho.

[Cush]

69. Fan was escorted out

Heavy security

[Resistance]

77. Security could be Cubs fans themselves

They are probably in a back room down a dark hall somewhere beating the guy.

[ikojo]

86. If the security is composed of off duty Chicago cops I cannot

vouch for the guy's safety....


WHAT AN IDIOT!!!

The CUBS have not been in a world series since the end of WORLD WAR II...listen TRUMAN was president the last time the CUBS went to the World Series....


I go to bed much more depressed and less hopeful than I began this day....


I know it's "only a game" but to us Cubs fans it's not often we can REALLY dream of a world series...and it was so close tonight....



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[Walt Starr]

70. SECURITY LEAD THE ASSHOLE FUCKER OUT!!!

He was surrounded by security after blowing the Pennant for the Cubs.

95 fucking years and the bastard loses it for the entire fucking series.

I BLAME ONE SON OF A BITCH FOR IT!

[Submariner]

105. Please try some Decaf Walt

I feel your pain :)

[bluestateguy]

75. Breneman is such a damn fool

He really does not know anything about baseball at all. He's really just a blow dried cookie cutter broadcaster.

How dare he defend that little shit.

[RetroLounge]

76. Is it over yet?

I can't bear to watch anymore...

[Redneck Socialist]

80. oh my...

...I don't know what to say. That was a melt down of Red Soxian proportions. Cubs fans I feel your pain.

[RetroLounge]

82. AAAAAAAAaarrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh

eom

[ComerPerro]

85. If you thought that was bad enough, check this out!

Go to ESPN.com.

Its on their main page!!!!!

http://msn.espn.go.com/

[Walt Starr]

87. DUSTY BAKER JUST SAID HE MUST HAVE BEEN A MARLINS FAN!!!

asshole bastard SOB pennant robbing dickhead!

[bluestateguy]

88. ESPN: Fans threw beer on the dodo bird fan

Good!

[IndianaGreen]

91. What's his name? Where does he live?

Will he have a job tomorrow?

He better go out of town and change his name!

That was fan interference. Bad call by umpires!

Lucky for this fan that this happened in Chicago. Had this happened in New York to a New York team, he would be on his way to the emergency room!

[Resistance]

92. I think the ump was right

The ball wasn't inside the wall - it was either over it, or from my view, seemed to be just outside and into fan territory, where the rule is that anything goes.

[Stupdworld]

95. THIS GUY IS FROM GOP MOB 2000!!!11!!1!Oneoneone!!!

ill say it here. THIS GUY IS MOB MEMBER NUMBAH 5 FROM THE GOP MOB in 2000!!! CONSPIRACY MOST FOUL! hes from miami dade... the fish are from miami dade.. need i say more!!

Look for yourself! Number 5!!

[A_Tra]

100. I

think im going to be sick...

Me and my bottle of Jack are going to go sit in the corner for awhile...

[BigMcLargehuge]

97. started a continuation please use it rather than starting a new thread

new thread here...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=286760

[catzies]

98. I've been in a bad mood since the Red Sox lost this afternoon,

And then I end my "Summer of Denial" by forcing myself to accept my Karl Malone in Laker Gold. Ick.

Then I read this thread, and my heart goes out to all y'all Cubs fans.

Heartbreak sucks, I've got to see my moment of heartbreak on Gatorade commercials many times for years. Thank you NBA refs and Michael Jordan, He Who Went 6-0 in Finals Appearances. Couldn't share just one ring could you?

I am sorry for all Cubs fans everywhere past and present. This qualifies as an Epic Moment of Pain, one for the ages. And it shouldn't ever have happened.

:grouphug:

[RetroLounge]

101. Okay, I've had some time to cool off and think about it.

and I still think really bad thoughts about this assh*le.

so :kick: for the late night masochists...

edit: spelling

[IndianaGreen]

102. According to AP, the fan was 26 years old

We will soon know his real name, and I expect him to be on TV apologizing to the Cubs and to all the fans.



To add to the hurt, that fan who kept Alou from catching the ball hit by Luis Castillo and kept the rally going was wearing a Cubs hat. Once the Marlins broke loose, people around the 26-year-old fan starting hurling beers in his direction and he was escorted out by security with a jacket over his face.

Sports Illustrated

[alphafemale]

104. I'm starting to feel for him now. He'll never live this down.

I'm thankful my "stupider moments" weren't televised worldwide.

[Rooktoven]

103. Get a grip.... It seemed like fate but...

If Gonzales fields the damn ball it's a double play. End of Inning. 3-1. He wasn't the only fan trying, and probably was caught in the moment. Haven't any of you ever wanted to catch a foulball? I doubt he even _saw_ the fielder.

Blaming this guy if the cubs go down, though it seems symbolic, is a sign of low class and a LOSER mentality.

[stickdog]

106. You don't know anything about being a Cub fan. Cub fans are the best fans

in the game.

And this IDIOT committed a CARDINAL sin. Interfering with the home fielder is the WORST sin a fan can commit in baseball. Cub fans traditionally pretend that opposing home runs are just doubles that hit the basket by extending their hands and pushing them back onto the field! Cub fans throw back opposing home runs even if they get hit out of the park!

And this guy gets in the way with 5 outs to go to get to the World Series?