Steve Bartman to get World Series Ring

That's really cool. I wonder how they found him? He's been almost entirely off the radar for years and years.

 
Well said Bartman.

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I don't believe there is any player, coach, manager or anyone in management of the Cubs that was a part of the organization when the Bartman incident took place.

Not sure why Bartman should have ill feelings towards them.

 
For 8 years, the Ricketts have owned the Cubs. They could have ended this bullsh#t quite some time ago. But they had to wait until they got a win first.

 
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Has the Cubs organization done anything negative towards Bartman during that time?

I don't recall any.

 
BigRedBuster said:
Has the Cubs organization done anything negative towards Bartman during that time?

I don't recall any.
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By not making amends with him BEFORE the win says all there needs to be said. That organization and city ruined his life and now they want to give him something shiny to make up for it.

 
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After the incident, the Cubs issued the following press release:[32]

The Chicago Cubs would like to thank our fans for their tremendous outpouring of support this year. We are very grateful.
We would also like to remind everyone that games are decided by what happens on the playing field—not in the stands. It is inaccurate and unfair to suggest that an individual fan is responsible for the events that transpired in Game 6. He did what every fan who comes to the ballpark tries to do—catch a foul ball in the stands. That's one of the things that makes baseball the special sport that it is.
This was an exciting season and we're looking forward to working towards an extended run of October baseball at Wrigley Field.
 
Several Cubs players publicly absolved Bartman of blame. Mark Prior said, "We had chances to get out of that situation. I hung an 0–2 curveball to [ivan] Rodriguez that he hit for a single. Alex Gonzalez, who's a sure thing almost at shortstop, the ball came up on him... and things just snowballed. Everybody in the clubhouse and management knows that play is not the reason we lost the game."[33] Former Cubs pitcher Rick Sutcliffe said that the crowd's reactions to Bartman "crushed [him]". "Right after I saw what happened with the fan, I woke up the next morning and told my wife that if the Cubs asked me to throw out the first pitch in the World Series, I was going to take that fan out to the mound with me," he said.[34] Baseball commissioner Bud Selig also came to Bartman's defense, telling an interviewer, "[W]hile I understand that people felt so strongly and that their hearts were just breaking, to blame this young man, who is the most devoted Cub fan... it's just unfair. When I read his statement, it broke my heart. ... If you want to blame the Curse of the Bambino and the goat in Chicago or a series of other things, that's fine. But blaming Steve Bartman is just not right."[35]
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In a 2011 interview on ESPN's Pardon the Interruption, Cubs President Theo Epstein expressed a desire for the team to reach out to Bartman. "From afar, it seems like it would be an important step. Maybe a cathartic moment that would allow people to move forward together. I'm all about having an open mind, an open heart and forgiveness. Those are good characteristics for an organization to have as well. He's a Cubs fan. That's the most important thing," said Epstein.[36]
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If you can't understand that the fans are the one's that made Bartman the scapegoat then....

Nice to see the Cubs step up and make this right even though they really had no obligation to Bartman to do so.

 
StPaulHusker said:
BigRedBuster said:
Has the Cubs organization done anything negative towards Bartman during that time?

I don't recall any.
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By not making amends with him BEFORE the win says all there needs to be said. That organization and city ruined his life and now they want to give him something shiny to make up for it.
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The "organization" had nothing to do with the situation when it happened - it was almost entirely the fault of some Cubs fans and some in the Chicago/national media.

The organization is doing the right thing by Bartman, and clearly, he's accepting/appreciative of what they're doing. If that's his perspective then we should either all share it or just not say anything since it doesn't involve us.

 
This is some garbage from SI, by the way. Came out after the announcement.

This kind of stuff has enabled the problem for years.


 
I like how 3 or 4 fans around him were also trying to catch the ball. But honestly if a ball comes anyone's way like that their instinct is to catch it. He straight up didn't lose them the game.

 
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