AaronUniversal said:

it wasnt a kid.

im going to bed.

see you all tomorrow.

chemmie said:

bye

Go Marlins!

[This message was edited Tue Oct 14 20:07:27 PDT 2003 by AaronUniversal]

AaronUniversal said:

Even if that is the case, there was a cross section of fans lunging at that ball. I didn't see anybody holding people back!

It's an instinct, YOU probably would have done it too Aaron!

Moonbeam said:

You don't even like baseball!

TRON said:

No, but I like the Florida Marlins a lot more than the Chicago Cubs. Always have. The only teams I marginally care about in baseball are:

Montreal
Florida
Houston
Kansas City

divo02 said:

are you fuckin kiddin me!?


i'd have been under my damn seat for fear of getting hit by the ball. i'm no idiot. plus i'm a pussy!

ian, you are so lame

AaronUniversal said:

Why the sudden interest in sports?

Moonbeam said:

life-long cub fan, whether i like sports or not.

Moonbeam said:

Current events.

AaronUniversal said:

I never knew that! Now you can understand my gripes about my teams losing.

Moonbeam said:

none of your teams have a 95 year history of losing

AaronUniversal said:

None of my teams have been around for 95 years.

AaronUniversal said:

well at least admit most people would have reacted that way out off instinct.

chemmie said:

I work in the loop, but live near Wrigley...

Though it looks like I can quit sharpening my wooden stakes for the commute home tonight.

Anxiety said:

Godspeed Trevor!

sounds like the guy made it out alive with a security escort and a jacket over his head. hope he doesnt have seats to tonights game in the same section or there will be some empty front row seats!

i still want this guy beaten into oblivion. DUMB DUMB DUMB DUMB DUMB!!!

Go Cubbies!!




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[This message was edited Wed Oct 15 4:46:00 PDT 2003 by chemmie]

Anxiety said:

I could use an El Jardin margarita after this debacle. mmm... I have puked one too many times from the old El Jardin margarita.

That guy is to the Cubs what Jeffrey Maier was to the Orioles during the '96 ALCS against the Yankees. Idiot fan.

That was just terrible I heard that security had to give this guy different clothes so he could get out alive.

chemmie said:

Someone needs to stick a goat up that guy's ASS. What an idiot. I mean yeah, it's cool to catch a ball but this was a very serious and important game! HELLO! I'm not all that into baseball but I know that much. You see the ball coming at you and see your team trying to catch it, GET OUT OF THE WAY! DUMBASS!

You ready Aaron?

chemmie said:

I'm with you guys. My boyfriend was listening on the radio because we don't have cable and he was PISSED. I hope they win today. My boyfriend is from IL and he never watches sports really, but this is really important to him. I took him over to my sister's house to watch game 5, because her husband was gonna watch it anyway. They didn't score a single run.

chemmie said:

getting ready... for the good, the bad, and the ugly.



dunno if i wanna be ready, though. i'm scared. i need to be held

Unlucky Cubs fan getting support -- from Floridians


Oct. 15, 2003
SportsLine.com wire reports


MIAMI -- If he's interested, the 26-year-old Chicago fan who deflected a foul ball away from a Cubs outfielder in Game 6 of the NL Championship Series can find solace in Florida.
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Gov. Jeb Bush said Wednesday an offer of asylum might be a good idea, and an oceanfront retreat in Pompano Beach is offering the man a free three-month stay, should he deem it necessary to get out of Chicago until the hubbub over the popup cools down.

The fan, whom The Associated Press was holding off naming for fears of his safety, would also receive free airfare and other perks, all provided by the Holiday Inn Oceanside Pompano Beach.

"People are compassionate in South Florida and people are talking about the unfortunate circumstances he must be facing today," said Chuck Malkus, a spokesman for the property.

Also included in the offer are free steak dinners, free martinis, even a free water taxi ride.

"(It's) the least we could do for the fan that saved our season," said Phil Goldfarb, president of the Holiday Inn Pompano Beach. "As dedicated Marlins fans, it is our honor to return the favor."

The Cubs were five outs away from clinching the series and earning a spot in the World Series when the botched play took place Tuesday night. Replays showed the man looking up at the ball hit by Florida's Luis Castillo; it was unclear the fan was ever aware Cubs left fielder Moises Alou was in the area.

Game 7 of the series is Wednesday night at Wrigley Field.

Marlins fans who were lined up Wednesday with hopes of buying World Series tickets also expressed compassion for the man, with many saying it wasn't his play that was the most damaging to the Cubs in Florida's eight-run eighth inning.

Instead, Florida fans were saying that Cubs shortstop Alex Gonzalez's error -- which occurred two batters after the fan knocked Castillo's foul pop away from Alou -- was the biggest gift the Marlins received during the rally.

But it was the foul ball which created a national buzz on radio talk shows.

"You can't help but feel bad for the guy," said Marlins fan Dennis Sikes of Miami Beach, one of about 100 people waiting in a ticket line outside a team souvenir store Wednesday. "Chicago doesn't seem to be a real forgiving sort of place, you know."

The man had to be escorted out of Wrigley Field by security guards in the bottom of the eighth inning after he was threatened and pelted with debris.

Bush was asked Wednesday if he planned to offer the distraught fan asylum in Florida.

"If I had that power within me it might be, for his own safety, it might be good to bring him down," Bush said.

Bush seemed sympathetic to the man's unfortunate plight.

"Sports is so much fun because it isn't planned, it isn't programmed," Bush said. "Stuff happens. And in that sense, it's kind of a mirror of life. So all I can tell you is it's been an incredibly interesting series."


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