Chicago Cubs to award Steve Bartman a World Series ring

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Originally Posted by thruster315

Or did he suddenly feel the dirt underneath his feet, caught a glimpse of the stands and wimp out a little bit?

He definitely reached into the stands. That area in Wrigley has a wall high enough to reach the glove in at full jump, but not enough to get much of your body or even arm. Alou reacted like any competitor I suppose, and wanted fan interference called. But by rules I think that only can be called if the fan reaches past the wall into the playing area. The only crappy thing I think Alou should have some blame for is initially telling media he couldn't have made the catch, and then changing that opinion. Stating the catch was possible (in my opinion it wasn't) he put more weight on Bartman. Oh well, last year cleared up most of those old Cub stories.