Bloody fans are going to cost cubs the game !!!!

[aphex]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Leave that Fan alone. He made a LEGAL play on the ball that was clearly in the area of the stands.

And for that, i love him 🙂

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: falconx80


Yes you are right, cubs did choke but obviously you are not for the cubs, we are just mad cause one of our own fans went after a fly ball that could have potientally been caught by the team we are rudding for. How would it feel as a fan if a fellow fan did the same thing for the team you are supporting? And the team lost? Bottom line, the fan is to blame for not letting alou catch the ball, and its a. gonzolas fault for making that error. The curse continues.

Dont forget its Dusty Bakers fault for having all the relief pitchers just sitting there while the Marlins got on base one after the other.

 

[Spooner]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Leave that Fan alone. He made a LEGAL play on the ball that was clearly in the area of the stands.

Yeah, I'd like to see you walk into Wrigley and say that

 

[jalaram]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Leave that Fan alone. He made a LEGAL play on the ball that was clearly in the area of the stands.

I agree that the fan should be left alone, but for different reasons. Still, any real baseball fan knows that it's only fair game to go for a foul ball that close to the field if the batter is on your home team. If the away team is hitting the ball and the fielder (your team) has a shot at the ball, you lean back or get out of the way. Why do you think there are those highlight reels of players leaning over a rail/fence to catch a foul ball and almost falling into them.

For those reasons, that guy should feel like crap, but he should be left alone. Cubs fans need to realize that he was not directly responsible for any of the 8 runs. The walk/wild pitch after that incident should've warned Dusty Baker that his team might be losing its focus. They seriously needed a leader at that moment to get everyone's mind back into the game. Prior was amazing up until that point.

I feel bad for the Cubs, but 8 runs in one inning is not the result of 1 mistake.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: jalaram

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Leave that Fan alone. He made a LEGAL play on the ball that was clearly in the area of the stands.

I agree that the fan should be left alone, but for different reasons. Still, any real baseball fan knows that it's only fair game to go for a foul ball that close to the field if the batter is on your home team. If the away team is hitting the ball and the fielder (your team) has a shot at the ball, you lean back or get out of the way. Why do you think there are those highlight reels of players leaning over a rail/fence to catch a foul ball and almost falling into them.

For those reasons, that guy should feel like crap, but he should be left alone. Cubs fans need to realize that he was not directly responsible for any of the 8 runs. The walk/wild pitch after that incident should've warned Dusty Baker that his team might be losing its focus. They seriously needed a leader at that moment to get everyone's mind back into the game. Prior was amazing up until that point.

I feel bad for the Cubs, but 8 runs in one inning is not the result of 1 mistake.

Yeah blaming the fan for their loss is BS. If they hadn't of sucked then that play would have been inconsequential

 

[Gujski]

Man, at least it wasnt game seven, the still have a real good chance of advancing tonight.

Any one catch the WGN footage they showed immediately after the game ended of security escorting the guy through the concorse, It looked like they had to push away at least one angry fan who was trying to get at the guy.

 

[prontospyder]

I feel sorry for that Cubs fan.

But I think the Cubs will advance tonight. 🙂

 

[Murphyrulez]

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Leave that Fan alone. He made a LEGAL play on the ball that was clearly in the area of the stands.

And for that, i love him 🙂

Ok let's see. The fan was in the front row right? The ball is coming over there, and he has to stretch his arm out ALL the way to try to catch it. Trying to tell us that the ball was in the stands??? That ball was right at the edge of the wall, and in the field of play. HE should be castrated.

 

[geno]

This is why I think it's ridiculous that Baseball is the ONLY sport where any casual fan can blow a game - fields should be designed around that fact :| Wonder if they'll ever act upon that when designing newer stadiums, they need to leave a buffer zone

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: geno
This is why I think it's ridiculous that Baseball is the ONLY sport where any casual fan can blow a game - fields should be designed around that fact :| Wonder if they'll ever act upon that when designing newer stadiums, they need to leave a buffer zone

Just let outfielders carry bats into the outfield. After a couple of broken hands, fans would learn to not reach into the playing field. Alou would have caught the ball.

 

[blackdogdeek]

Originally posted by: Murphyrulez

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Leave that Fan alone. He made a LEGAL play on the ball that was clearly in the area of the stands.

And for that, i love him 🙂

Ok let's see. The fan was in the front row right? The ball is coming over there, and he has to stretch his arm out ALL the way to try to catch it. Trying to tell us that the ball was in the stands??? That ball was right at the edge of the wall, and in the field of play. HE should be castrated.

so let me get this straight:

a cubs fan attends game 6 to cheer his team on to the world series. he sees a foul ball approaching him and instinctively reaches out to catch it, the way others in the stands near him clearly attempt to do as well. and for that he should come to bodily harm.

if you have to blame 1 fan for your entire team not going to the series do you really think your team really deserves to go? the cubs were still up 3 runs. if 1 fan interference play fazes your team that badly that means you choked. they gave up 8 runs after that.

great teams take bad circumstances in stride and overcome them.

if prior hadn't put that runner on or if gonzalez had turned the dp the fan would just fade into history. it was the cubs who lost the game.

 

[imported_Pablo]

In my best Harry Caray voice...

"CUBS LOSE! CUBS LOSE"

 

[308nato]

The Cubs lost this one on emotion. They should have taken 10 and chilled out. Someone should have went out and talked Pryor down a bit. Anyone who says they would not have went for that ball is full of crap. The ump was right there and he said no interference.

When are the senate hearings going to start to find out if the guy was really a Marlins fan planted for nefarious reasons ?😀

 

[dxkj]

PRICELESS

 

[Murphyrulez]

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek

Originally posted by: Murphyrulez

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Leave that Fan alone. He made a LEGAL play on the ball that was clearly in the area of the stands.

And for that, i love him 🙂

Ok let's see. The fan was in the front row right? The ball is coming over there, and he has to stretch his arm out ALL the way to try to catch it. Trying to tell us that the ball was in the stands??? That ball was right at the edge of the wall, and in the field of play. HE should be castrated.

so let me get this straight:

a cubs fan attends game 6 to cheer his team on to the world series. he sees a foul ball approaching him and instinctively reaches out to catch it, the way others in the stands near him clearly attempt to do as well. and for that he should come to bodily harm.

if you have to blame 1 fan for your entire team not going to the series do you really think your team really deserves to go? the cubs were still up 3 runs. if 1 fan interference play fazes your team that badly that means you choked. they gave up 8 runs after that.

great teams take bad circumstances in stride and overcome them.

if prior hadn't put that runner on or if gonzalez had turned the dp the fan would just fade into history. it was the cubs who lost the game.

Please return to your plexi-glass box and continue living and let the rest of us our here in the real world handle this.

Things happen. They affect what happens next. It's a fact of life. No matter what, you can say 'Oh the Cubs should have done this, could have done that'. They didn't. Something happened that changed the course of the game, and nothing you can say will change that... Stop trying to argue it away.

 

[blackdogdeek]

Originally posted by: Murphyrulez

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek

Originally posted by: Murphyrulez

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Leave that Fan alone. He made a LEGAL play on the ball that was clearly in the area of the stands.

And for that, i love him 🙂

Ok let's see. The fan was in the front row right? The ball is coming over there, and he has to stretch his arm out ALL the way to try to catch it. Trying to tell us that the ball was in the stands??? That ball was right at the edge of the wall, and in the field of play. HE should be castrated.

so let me get this straight:

a cubs fan attends game 6 to cheer his team on to the world series. he sees a foul ball approaching him and instinctively reaches out to catch it, the way others in the stands near him clearly attempt to do as well. and for that he should come to bodily harm.

if you have to blame 1 fan for your entire team not going to the series do you really think your team really deserves to go? the cubs were still up 3 runs. if 1 fan interference play fazes your team that badly that means you choked. they gave up 8 runs after that.

great teams take bad circumstances in stride and overcome them.

if prior hadn't put that runner on or if gonzalez had turned the dp the fan would just fade into history. it was the cubs who lost the game.

Please return to your plexi-glass box and continue living and let the rest of us our here in the real world handle this.

Things happen. They affect what happens next. It's a fact of life. No matter what, you can say 'Oh the Cubs should have done this, could have done that'. They didn't. Something happened that changed the course of the game, and nothing you can say will change that... Stop trying to argue it away.

ok i'll even give you that the cubs lost all because of that one fan.

do you really still think he should be harmed in some way? physically?

do you think buckner should be castrated by sox fans?

 

[Spoooon]

I haven't looked yet, but it'd be nice to see some sports editorials emphasize the fact that Cubs lost the game, that fan did not cost them the game.

Poor guy is never going to live it down, but like I said before, he was just going out to cheer for his team and he had a chance at a ball. I doubt any of us would be thinking that we better leave that ball alone. It's just instinct. You're sitting there all excited and see you a ball coming toward you, of course you're going to try and catch it.

Asked if he would have caught that ball if The Fan hadn't gotten in his path, Alou replied: "I think so -- almost 100 percent. At the same time, I kind of feel bad for the guy now.

"Everybody comes to the ballpark and wants a ball," Alou went on, after the play which kept alive an eighth inning that turned into an eight-run debacle, which turned into an 8-3 loss in Game 6 of the NLCS. "It's unfortunate it happened. I was very upset. I was there. I got there in time. I jumped. I had my eyes on the ball. But everybody who goes to the ballpark wants a baseball. Hopefully, he doesn't have to regret it for the rest of his life."

espn

 

[tigerbait]

that poor guy's life is ruined in Chicago

FBI's Ten Most Wanted

 

[SoylentGreen]

Debate, debate..
1. The ball was in the stands, albeit barely. It wasn't interference since that would mean the fan reached on the field. Jeffrey Maier anyone?
2. If you're in the first row and the home team is in the field, you get the fsck out of the way.
3. They showed the guys closeup afterwards. I wonder what happened to him.

 

[Tom]

I'm gonna root for the Cubs today, even though if they win a lot of whiners will be happy..

I hope the Cubs invite that fan to sit in the dugout, or at least some position of honor. That's the way to deal with things like this, not whining. Show the world that one Cubs fan, even if he's made a mistake, is important to the team and the city.

:heart:

 

[Shelly21]

The curse lives on...at lease for another game.

 

[MaxDepth]

The Chicago Sun Times has a few articles on this subject.

 

[Spoooon]

Originally posted by: Dead Parrot Sketch
I'm gonna root for the Cubs today, even though if they win a lot of whiners will be happy..

I hope the Cubs invite that fan to sit in the dugout, or at least some position of honor. That's the way to deal with things like this, not whining. Show the world that one Cubs fan, even if he's made a mistake, is important to the team and the city.

:heart:

That might be a little too much for the Cubs. But I agree that they should make a point of not blaming him.

While we're here, it's easy to say "kill him" rhetorically, but there are people out there that, given a chance, would probably beat the hell out of him and enjoy it. That's just bulls***.

 

[jalaram]

Originally posted by: MaxDepth
The Chicago Sun Times has a few articles on this subject.

Here's one on the guy himself.

Man in stands described as diehard fan

 

[Gujski]

I wonder if the guy had tickets to game 7...

Whoever has that seat for tonight you know will be flashed on tv about 123443214 times.