AP now understands why Cub fans 90% scar tissue

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Baseball Legends: 'The Fan' Becomes the New Goat in the Chicago Cubs' Line of Curses
By Jim Litke The Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) - A howling mob demanded answers, a name to go with the face. Instead, haunted members of Cub Nation should ask themselves a few questions. What kind of kid grows up rooting for a team whose motto is, "Wait 'til next year?" What kid learns about curses by the time he's old enough to walk and hears testimonials about suffering from grandparents, parents, siblings, cousins, neighbors and friends and then decides, "That's for me?" Very likely the (26 year old) kid who was parked in Seat 116, Row 9 on Tuesday night at Wrigley Field.

A Cubs fan.

One of their own.

That kid was ushered from his seat in the bottom of the eighth after lending a helping hand in what turned out to be an 8-3 win by the Florida Marlins to force Game 7 Wednesday night.

With one out and the Cubs leading 3-0 Tuesday night, the Marlins' Luis Castillo lifted a foul down the left-field line just past the bullpen. The Cubs' Moises Alou raced over, timed his jump perfectly and opened his glove. But the ball hit the heel of the kid's hand and caromed a few seats over.

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