cview;914219 wrote:A) As a Cubs fan, that was painful to watch. I didn't move for two hours. It was captivating.
B) Like SnotBubbles said, do I blame Bartman for costing the Cubs an out? Fuck yes I do. Do I blame him for losing the game and/or series? Absolutely not. No way you can. No fucking way. However, I do think that had ANYTHING but that happened, the Cubs would have won the game. If he pops that foul ballinto the second deck, it's just another foul ball. The way it went down visibly and audibly changed everything in the stadium; due in no small part to Alou's reaction.
C) Everyone would have done the same thing as Bartman did. What he had to deal with is very, very unfair. I hope the Cubs win the WS one day and he is able to be absolved the way Bill Buckner was.
D) The 'video blog' or whatever you want to call it that the dude had from the stands was pure gold. Unreal. Watching a (in a sports sense only) tragedy unfold in real time through the eyes of a fan at the game was amazing.
E) That was the best 30 for 30 I think. They covered it all. From the video blog to Bernie Mac's infamous "champs" chant to integrating what Bartman was actually hearing on his headset to the removal of the fans showing that Alou almost certainly would have caught the ball to the stadium security's account of the incident to the fans seated near him to the parallels of scapegoating throughout history...it was just phenomenally done.
Yeah...good summary. The only reason I turned it off is because my wife was being frisky....that's the only thing that could pull me away from it. Luckily, I only missed the last 20 minutes and I have it DVR'd.
Very hard to watch it, I think that will be the summary of every Cubs fan. I remember watching it live like it was yesterday, and the replays, calls, etc....it was like I had it memorized. I loved it and hated it all in the same.
