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ESPN: Catching Hell

  • bigkahuna
    like_that;913677 wrote:I honestly don't see why Bartman doesn't agree to an interview now. I really think he could make a lot of money from it.
    I really think that he STILL fears for his life. If he stays wherever he is, nobody will bother him and try to kill him.
  • JerseyBuck
    The one thing ESPN does well anymore, these docs. Another great one.
  • iclfan2
    Pretty crazy movie. Dude straight disappeared.
  • Jughead
    Wait, who made a mistake here?
    He was going after a foul ball which is perfectly legal.
  • like_that
    bigkahuna;913709 wrote:I really think that he STILL fears for his life. If he stays wherever he is, nobody will bother him and try to kill him.
    Yeah there definitely are crazy ass fuckers in this world. Im sure he is hoping the Cubs win eventually, because all will be forgiven, and then he can make bank.

    I'd still do the interview, and then move to the opposite side of the country.
  • bigkahuna
    How about the asshole who actually got the ball and made $100,000? What a Dic_k
  • j_crazy
    Pretty good movie but no bartman was a bit of a let down. Liked how they got all the people around him that went for the ball to talk.
  • gut
    like_that;913743 wrote: I'd still do the interview, and then move to the opposite side of the country.
    Do the interview, then change your name to John Smith (maybe Steve Smith would be sufficient) and then move to NY or LA - has to be like 1000 Steve Smith's in both places.
  • dwccrew
    HAven't watched this doc yet, but to comment on the Bartman situation.....I think Cubs fans that blame him are idiots. There was still an inning of baseball to play. This one thing did not lose the game for the Cubs, the shitty Cubs did.
  • SnotBubbles
    Documentary was good, hard to watch as a Cubs fan for two reasons. 1) ....we were 5 outs from the World Series with a 3-0 lead. 2) The way Bartman was treated is agonizing to watch.

    The documentary gives an unfair portrayal of Cubs fans...a bad reputation. The same thing would have happened in any stadium, with any team had it gone down the same exact way. It wouldn't have blown up like it did in another city, but the reaction would have been the same.

    Do I blame Bartman for costing the Cubs an out and potentially causing the meltdown in the Top of the 8th that night? You bet your ass I do. Alou had that ball. However I don't blame him for the Game 6 loss and I don't blame him for losing the series.

    Would I have done the same thing? You bet your ass I would have.

    So I blame Bartman....but I can't blame him.
  • ernest_t_bass
    SnotBubbles;914001 wrote:The documentary gives an unfair portrayal of Cubs fans...a bad reputation.
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
  • Tiger2003
    Like the said in the documentary if Gonzo made the play this wouldn't even be thought about.
  • Fab1b
    Man that dude got a raw deal! What was worse is how is friends abandoned him there! When they were trying to get him out of the stadium he was scared and confused as hell! I actually felt like a jerk watching this as back then I thought it was funny.
  • cview
    A) As a Cubs fan, that was painful to watch. I didn't move for two hours. It was captivating.

    B) Like SnotBubbles said, do I blame Bartman for costing the Cubs an out? Fuck yes I do. Do I blame him for losing the game and/or series? Absolutely not. No way you can. No fucking way. However, I do think that had ANYTHING but that happened, the Cubs would have won the game. If he pops that foul ballinto the second deck, it's just another foul ball. The way it went down visibly and audibly changed everything in the stadium; due in no small part to Alou's reaction.

    C) Everyone would have done the same thing as Bartman did. What he had to deal with is very, very unfair. I hope the Cubs win the WS one day and he is able to be absolved the way Bill Buckner was.

    D) The 'video blog' or whatever you want to call it that the dude had from the stands was pure gold. Unreal. Watching a (in a sports sense only) tragedy unfold in real time through the eyes of a fan at the game was amazing.

    E) That was the best 30 for 30 I think. They covered it all. From the video blog to Bernie Mac's infamous "champs" chant to integrating what Bartman was actually hearing on his headset to the removal of the fans showing that Alou almost certainly would have caught the ball to the stadium security's account of the incident to the fans seated near him to the parallels of scapegoating throughout history...it was just phenomenally done.
  • SnotBubbles
    cview;914219 wrote:A) As a Cubs fan, that was painful to watch. I didn't move for two hours. It was captivating.

    B) Like SnotBubbles said, do I blame Bartman for costing the Cubs an out? Fuck yes I do. Do I blame him for losing the game and/or series? Absolutely not. No way you can. No fucking way. However, I do think that had ANYTHING but that happened, the Cubs would have won the game. If he pops that foul ballinto the second deck, it's just another foul ball. The way it went down visibly and audibly changed everything in the stadium; due in no small part to Alou's reaction.

    C) Everyone would have done the same thing as Bartman did. What he had to deal with is very, very unfair. I hope the Cubs win the WS one day and he is able to be absolved the way Bill Buckner was.

    D) The 'video blog' or whatever you want to call it that the dude had from the stands was pure gold. Unreal. Watching a (in a sports sense only) tragedy unfold in real time through the eyes of a fan at the game was amazing.

    E) That was the best 30 for 30 I think. They covered it all. From the video blog to Bernie Mac's infamous "champs" chant to integrating what Bartman was actually hearing on his headset to the removal of the fans showing that Alou almost certainly would have caught the ball to the stadium security's account of the incident to the fans seated near him to the parallels of scapegoating throughout history...it was just phenomenally done.
    Yeah...good summary. The only reason I turned it off is because my wife was being frisky....that's the only thing that could pull me away from it. Luckily, I only missed the last 20 minutes and I have it DVR'd.

    Very hard to watch it, I think that will be the summary of every Cubs fan. I remember watching it live like it was yesterday, and the replays, calls, etc....it was like I had it memorized. I loved it and hated it all in the same.
  • ernest_t_bass
    SnotBubbles;914224 wrote:Luckily, I only missed the last 20 minutes and I have it DVR'd.
    There is no way you lasted 20 minutes. My guess is that you lasted about 2, then rolled over and passed out.

    (You do it to me all the time)
  • SnotBubbles
    ernest_t_bass;914225 wrote:There is no way you lasted 20 minutes. My guess is that you lasted about 2, then rolled over and passed out.

    (You do it to me all the time)
    Yeah...but she has a vagina. I have better stamina when I'm fucking something I'm not attracted to.
  • bradmaynard
    I liked it. As a Cubs fan I never really blamed Bartman. He was just this nerdy little guy who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. I always wondered how his appearance effected the way things happened at the stadium that night. Say you replace him with a guy who looks like Brock Lesnar, or a really gorgeous girl, what happens then? I really doubt it would have been handled the way it was. Sad to see all those assholes throwing beers at him. I mean the guy had headphones on at the game for christs sake, he was as loyal a fan as anybody.
  • Fab1b
    bradmaynard;914599 wrote:I liked it. As a Cubs fan I never really blamed Bartman. He was just this nerdy little guy who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. I always wondered how his appearance effected the way things happened at the stadium that night. Say you replace him with a guy who looks like Brock Lesnar, or a really gorgeous girl, what happens then? I really doubt it would have been handled the way it was. Sad to see all those assholes throwing beers at him. I mean the guy had headphones on at the game for christs sake, he was as loyal a fan as anybody.
    I think you make a great point! This guy fit the bill, easy target. It was even said in the movie. If it was some billy bad ass or heck even the guy in the gray shirt that reached for the ball next to him would it have been different?
  • dwccrew
    Anybody who thinks that this one play was the deciding factor in this game, let alone the series, is just looking for an excuse not to blame the real reason.....the curse of the billy goat.
  • j_crazy
    People (myself included) tend to forget the cubbies gave up 8 runs. Wow.
  • dwccrew
    j_crazy;915391 wrote:People (myself included) tend to forget the cubbies gave up 8 runs. Wow.
    Yeah, but that probably had something to do with Bartman interfering with a foul ball and then Alou bitching like a little bitch.
  • bradmaynard
    dwccrew;915399 wrote:Yeah, but that probably had something to do with Bartman interfering with a foul ball and then Alou bitching like a little bitch.
    To this day I don't understand why Baker didn't take Prior out after the Bartman play. I know its hindsight but the whole stadium deflated after the foul ball.
  • ernest_t_bass
    Watched it last night with the wife. She kept saying, "Awww. Awww, that's so sad. That's awful. Poor guy. That's terrible." STFU n00b!
  • Hamp89
    I don't know if Baker should have taken Prior out, but he sure as hell should have walked out to the mound, called the infield in, and calmed everyone down. Prior was a young kid at the time, Baker made a huge mistake by allowing the drama of that situation control the rest of the inning.