Chicago's Curse

Except that at least 5 fans by my count did not. Look at the picture.
You have two dorks grabbing at the ball and a wall of people standing
back.

True -- but the Chicago Tribune reported today that even the folks in the
stands nearest to the "dork" admitted that NO ONE saw the player rushing to
make the catch -- he just appeared out of no where.

This is perfectly logical, given that everyone was looking UP at the ball,
as it was coming down on them at 80 mph. Many people tried to duck out of
the way, probably because they lost it in the lights.

Those who were able to follow the ball tried to catch it -- it's just human
nature.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Here's a slow-mo video:

http://www.spewkie.com/files/idiotfan.mpg

"Michael Nouak" wrote in message
...
So, what happened? Did someone catch a home run and trow it back into
play?
Inquiring minds want to know!

Mike

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:INijb.140332$%h1.140141@sccrnsc02...
| Looks like the identity of the person has been found out.. It's all
over
| the a.s.b.chicago-cubs group now.
|
| As if there weren't enough reasons to despise Chicago, now this. Just
look
| at how they're crucifying this poor sap, for doing what ANY fan would have
| done in the heat of the moment.


The hysterical thing about it is that they are blaming this one fan for an
8-3 loss. There was only one out when the fan caught this foul ball anyway.
The Cubs lost because they gave away five extra points, not because a fan
caught a foul ball. Blaming a fan for "keeping the inning alive" when there
was only one out in the first place is incredible.

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message

...NO ONE saw the player rushing to
make the catch -- he just appeared out of no where.

This is perfectly logical.....

Those who were able to follow the ball tried to catch it -- it's just
human
nature.

Got to disagree here, Jay. These people were sitting in the front row atop
an 8 or 9 foot wall --that's right in the play -- and it never occurred to
them that there might be a play made? I can't buy that. You see this kind
of play regularly in baseball. You get the hell out of the way,
particularly in a playoff environment (as most of the people around there
did).

JG

What I don't understand is how can one fowl ball being "missed" result in 8
runs???? If that is all it took to make the Cubs lay down and die, they
shouldn't have been in the play offs to begin with. I'm I missing something
here. I love those Marlins :-) !!!!

Harry

"idkw" wrote in message
om...
Karma's a bitch, ain't it Daly? The Cubs will never reach the series,
ever.

Muahahahahahahahaha.

Maybe their blaming this fan relates to much of society today - "It's not my
fault". Kinda like spilling hot coffee in your lap while your driving a car
......

Harry

"Harry Gordon" wrote in message
...
What I don't understand is how can one fowl ball being "missed" result in
8
runs???? If that is all it took to make the Cubs lay down and die, they
shouldn't have been in the play offs to begin with. I'm I missing
something
here. I love those Marlins :-) !!!!

Harry

"idkw" wrote in message
om...
Karma's a bitch, ain't it Daly? The Cubs will never reach the series,
ever.

Muahahahahahahahaha.

On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:09:46 +0200, "Michael Nouak"
wrote:

So, what happened? Did someone catch a home run and trow it back into play?
Inquiring minds want to know!

Mike

The poor slob. He did what nearly everyone who goes to a ball game
wants to do: catch a ball hit during the game. The problem was, it
was 3 - 0 favor the Cubs at the time of this foul ball, there were two
outs and this would have been the third.

The Cubs fielder had his glove on the ball, but the kid's grab for it
interfered just enough that the ball wasn't caught. With two outs
facing them, the Marlins went on to score 8 runs and win the game.

Sorry, but professonal baseball teams with world series aspirations
HAVE to be able to get out number three if they are really contenders.
The ball was literally in an out of play area so the kid did not do
anything wrong. That's why no interference was called.

His life must be a monumental nightmare right now. Helicopters are
circling his house and he's had numerous death threats.

Corky Scott

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:lIojb.779966$YN5.769802@sccrnsc01...

This is perfectly logical, given that everyone was looking UP at the ball,
as it was coming down on them at 80 mph. Many people tried to duck out of
the way, probably because they lost it in the lights.

Yeah, believe me. I was sitting in the upper deck of Yankee Stadium just behind and
to the right of home plate. A pop-up came down and landed in the seat next to me.
I just stared at the thing thinking "I could have been killed by that thing." The guy
behind me grabbed it.

Corky Scott ) wrote:

The problem was, it
was 3 - 0 favor the Cubs at the time of this foul ball, there were two
outs and this would have been the third.

That's not correct. There was only one out.

--
Peter












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"Corky Scott" wrote in message ...

The poor slob. He did what nearly everyone who goes to a ball game
wants to do: catch a ball hit during the game. The problem was, it
was 3 - 0 favor the Cubs at the time of this foul ball, there were two
outs and this would have been the third.

Nope, there was only one out at the time.