I can't understand the storm of outrage directed at Steve Bartman,that he has been labled the goat,or the Villain.There was a bad guy involved in causing the Cubs' colapse,for everyone to vent their anger toward,and it was not Steve Bartman,it was the LEFT FIELD UMPIRE!! (name escapes me).
Yes,Bartman interfered with Moises Alou,who,clearly,had the pop up all the way,and would have caught it.Alou screamed at the umpire to call Fan Interference,which,had he called it(AS HE SHOULD HAVE!!)would have made it 2 out,it would've been an enormous psychological lift for them,and everyone would have immediately forgotten about him.
How has everyone forgotten this?Doesn't everyone know ,that that's supposed to be an automatic out?Yes,it was unintentional on Bartman's part,yet,it was still as obvious as ever a case of interference,as Yankee fan Jeffrey Maier's interfering,in Game 1,of the 1996 ALCS,which,of course,should also have been called out,and,for some stupid reason,the ump didn't call it,either.These last three months,you've wasted your anger on the wrong guy,so,please,it's time to apologize to this poor guy,and start sending hate mail to whomever that 3rd Base Ump was.Anyone remember his name?
