Most unpopular man in Chicago...

[beam]

LOL!

[pito189]

I was discussing this with my buddy this morning, and what can you do really? Tell fans not to try for balls, that is part of the fun of getting good seats you might get a ball. Even though Alou might have caught it he was in the stands, and it was a foul ball, so it had no determination on the score. If it was a homerun, that poses a question.

Can you really tell the fans not to try for balls?

[beam]

No, I think he was entitled to the ball....but, under the circumstances, this may have been one that would've been better left alone.

Then again, if I put myself in his shoes, I probably would've tried to catch the ball too. It's different watching it on tv than if you are sitting there by the rail with a ball coming at you.

[Banshee23]

I think he would have gotten out of the way had he seen Alou coming. Problem is that he was looking at the ball the entire time, never looked down to see Alou there coming for it. Now the poor guy probably has to consider moving just because he really did nothing wrong

[mag-hatter]

haha if i saw that guy do that and i was sitting right next to him, i would have thrown him onto the field

[TheTramp]

Originally posted by beam
No, I think he was entitled to the ball....but, under the circumstances, this may have been one that would've been better left alone.

Then again, if I put myself in his shoes, I probably would've tried to catch the ball too. It's different watching it on tv than if you are sitting there by the rail with a ball coming at you.

I think you hit it right on the head.

Should he have left it alome? Sure.

Would you or I have done the same thing he did? Probably.

I think that even if he hadn't touched the ball one of the other people sitting around him who were also going for it would have.

In the end it did have an effect. If that had been a second out, the third might have come before a 8 runs had been scored. We'll never know but that guy shouldn't have to hide for the rest of his life.

[dansim]

i woulda done the exact same thing

[cphilip]

Look carefully... EVERYONE in that picture is leaning or trying to get to that ball.

I do not believe it would have been caught.

I think the poor guy is being made a scapegoat for blowing 8 runs in the 8th because you make a managers mistake and do not go to your bullpen.

[Restola]

Originally posted by cphilip
I think the poor guy is being made a scapegoat for blowing 8 runs in the 8th because you make a managers mistake and do not go to your bullpen.

Yeah

None of that garbage was this guys fault.

[deathstalker]

C'mon, it's the CUBS! If Alou had caught it, the Marlins would have scored 12 runs instead of eight. The fan did the Cubs a favor!

[Army]

Originally posted by deathstalker
C'mon, it's the CUBS! If Alou had caught it, the Marlins would have scored 12 runs instead of eight. The fan did the Cubs a favor!

LOL! If it was any team but the Cubs, I'd give you an argument

[kevinkills99]

Originally posted by cphilip
Look carefully... EVERYONE in that picture is leaning or trying to get to that ball.

I do not believe it would have been caught.

I think the poor guy is being made a scapegoat for blowing 8 runs in the 8th because you make a managers mistake and do not go to your bullpen.

Incorrect. He could've caught it if these fans didn't try to catch it. There was 1 out at the time, and if Alou caught it, it would've been 2. Then Alex the idiot BLEW a double play by screwing up a textbook grounder. What kind of pro tries to catch the ball in the palm of his glove? I woulda kicked both those idiots out. Gonzalez could've ended the inning right then and there. Prior was doing fine until these 2 "errors."

[cphilip]

Originally posted by kevinkills99
He could've caught it if these fans didn't try to catch it.

Oh and so I am incorrect... and somehow you look into your crystal ball the whole rest of the game based on one "could've"..."maybe"..."might have"...

I stand corrected! That guy single handedly causes 8 runs to score! Wow! You are a Cubs fan for sure!

[RoadDawg]

I agree on the fact the cubs blew it. Not that guy. They got to excited and it's come back to bite them in the rear. My guess is the cubs are gonna come back strong but fall short. Yankees vs Marlins world series. Yankees win in 5. Season over.

[kevinkills99]

Originally posted by cphilip


Oh and so I am incorrect... and somehow you look into your crystal ball the whole rest of the game based on one "could've"..."maybe"..."might have"...

I stand corrected! That guy single handedly causes 8 runs to score! Wow! You are a Cubs fan for sure!

Do you know anything about baseball?
Situation: Fan catches baseball. 1 out. Grounder to Gonzalez, the short stop. 1 hops into his glove, but he mistakenly tries to catch it in his palm, instead of the pocket. Bobbles the ball, doesn't get any outs.

What should've happen with ANY pro short stop/second baseman/first baseman, or a farm league team for that matter.
Shortstop gets the ball, throws to second for the easy second out, then second baseman whips it to first for a double play to end the inning. Philip, this isn't a hard play to make, and the inning would've been over. I'm not sure about the rest of the game, but they would've got out of it still in the lead if the Pros played like pros.