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Alex Gonzalez, not Steve Bartman, should be blamed, imho.
Agreed. Most reasonable people wont blame that collapse on Bartman. Id even blame Dusty being too preoccupied chewing toothpicks to go out and have a talk with Prior more than Id blame Bartman.
+1...he was too busy chewing toothpicks the year before too while watching SF collapse against the Angels.
Yeah, I was disappointed Wood didn't just lock it down. My name here's Kerry Wood's nicname, Kid K. He was always my favorite pitcher. Cubs offense didn't do either.The Cubs losing even though they had their two aces pitching in Games 6 and 7 was just sad. I was hoping Wood would come through in Game 7 but deep down I knew the Cubbies wouldnt recover.
Terrible failure though, since there was massive momentum behind the team from the whole fanbase. I remember Cubs fans invaded Atlanta during the Braves series and drowned out all the Braves fans in their own ballpark. They were all chanting the tomahawk chop thing with their Cubs hats as they were owning the Braves on their home field and the PA couldn't be heard over them. Really big season failure. Worst collapse I've seen in terms of fans being rallied behind a team only to see it fail miserably.
Rockets in 04. 07.
St.Kilda winning 20 of 22 regular season games then choking chronically in the grand final
Ive only been a Cubs fan since the Sammy Sosa days and that loss sucked, I can only imagine how depressing it mustve been for the older generations. I always thought Prior was our true ace that year though, Wood was too inconsistent for my liking. Once Prior blew it in Game 6 I kinda felt it was over.
Alou would have had a chance at catching that foul ball if Bartman had not reached for it. I don't think Bartman is the anti-Christ but he set off a chain reaction that led to a series of unfortunate events for the Cubs. If Alou catches that ball, a different set of events happen and it would have likely led to Cubs' victory and NL pennant.
When like that happens, it gets in the minds of players and makes them nervous as .
Hank Gathers hands down....
Same. I started to watch the Cubs in '98 with Sosa's home run performance. It brings a whole new dimension to baseball when you get to watch a guy who's twice as likely to get a jack as a regular "good power hitter".Ive only been a Cubs fan since the Sammy Sosa days and that loss sucked, I can only imagine how depressing it mustve been for the older generations. I always thought Prior was our true ace that year though, Wood was too inconsistent for my liking. Once Prior blew it in Game 6 I kinda felt it was over.
Cubs got a lot less interesting after they dumped him. They had a couple okay years, but right now they're awful. The new owner is a cheap piece of crap. Cubs are top 5 in income and bottom 3 in team salary. Only the Astros and A's have a lower salary. . .and the Cubs are trying to dump Garza and Soriano still, and if they do they will be below everyone. Ricketts is mad cheap. . .Cubs gonna lose 100 games this year and will prolly lose 110 next year if they dump Garza and Soriano. They won't win until Ricketts spends, which might not be for a few years so he can pad his pockets some more.
Yeah, it was a big momentum swing. Alou catches the ball, the Cubs continue to roll and go on to the WS. Can't assume they'd win, but they should've at least gotten there considering they only had a few outs left to go and a decent lead.
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