Most unpopular man in Chicago...

[bunderwood]

Just a thought...
Would this incident have been this big if it didn't come right at the beginning of the Cubs downhill slide? I say it was just really unfortunate timing for this dude.
Additionally, his name and address have been plastered all over the internet, and he didn't go into work today due to security concerns. Seems a high price to pay for trying to catch a foul ball that lots of other people were reaching for as well.

(just my $.02)

[FutureMagOwner]

he was refering to the fan blocking the guy not the short stop thing.

[cphilip]

Originally posted by kevinkills99

Do you know anything about baseball?

Not as much as you I guess. I deal in reality. Not fantasy baseball.

You open with that whole scenario starting with this foul ball and then go into a lot more should have's and supposed too's about fielding and then pitching. But yet most of them have nothing to do with this one missed catch. And you still seem to suppose he would have caught it! That my friend is pure speculation. And so it didn't happen. And that one act alone did not lose them that game. No matter now creative with your supposing later on. Thier play on the field lost them the game. Simple as that. A good team can overcome one bad call or incident. And one that was never certain in the first place should not and did not lose them that game. Your over reaching.

[deathstalker]

Originally posted by kevinkills99
Do you know anything about baseball?

Not too much, but I know my Cubbies. Apparently, you don't!

[kevinkills99]

Originally posted by cphilip

That my friend is pure speculation.

I don't mean to call you out Phil, but you're frustrating the heck outta me

Did you watch this game at all? Did you see the replay? Moises Alou's glove was RIGHT under the ball. If this idiotic fan's hands weren't in the way,and no other fan's hands were in the way, he WOULD have caught the ball. Plain and simple, there's NO denying it. Watch it again.

True, this fan made a mistake in my opinion, and harmed his own team, but the missed double play is what pisses me off. Oh well, Wood is on the mound today, and we're going to the world series because of him!

[RenagadeOfFunk]

i was hoping that ball would hit his face and bounc into Alou's glove ...damn...


...hey at least in paintball we run away from balls

[kevinkills99]

Originally posted by RenagadeOfFunkRTPcf
i was hoping that ball would hit his face and bounc into Alou's glove ...damn...

I was hoping the fans would throw him over the side into the streets behind left field. Let them handle his punishment We'll see how tonight goes.

[Restola]

Originally posted by kevinkills99
Did you watch this game at all? Did you see the replay? Moises Alou's glove was RIGHT under the ball.

It's a little hard to judge distance on a flat image.

When looking at the two main angles (I wish I could get the video and get the two images side by side), it looks to me like it would have cleared his glove by a few inches anyways.

But, as we've seen, you know a heck of a lot more about everything than anyone else, so I'm probably wrong.

[Albinonewt]

What a freak show dude. I can't believe he was dumb enough to do that.

Not that I think the death threats are warranted, but I mean c'mon, does he have to be that stupid?

[TigerMan]

This man should be recieving none of what he's receiving because of this incident. This man has probably had over a 1000 threats made against him, and had numerous things said or thrown at him. He had beer thrown at him last night at the game. Police had to escort him out of the game, and now have a command post set around his house for fear of this man's safety. In all, this is going to be not only bad for this man, but for all of baseball. People are going to see what's happening to this man when he went to this game with good intentions and to just have a good time, not to have his life changed. People will fear this happening to them. This man deserves zero blame, all the blame lies directly on the players. This man didn't throw the pitch that drove in the runs, he didn't commit the error at shortstop, he didn't do anything wrong, period. The players of the Cubs need to show some class and stop placing the blame on others and place the blame on themselves. This man's life is going to be changed because of one incident, it's sad to see. Some select Cubs players need to step forward and say something like "This man had nothing to do with the outcome of the game, maybe if I could do my job and live up to the millions of dollars I'm paid, maybe I could've cleanly fielded the ball at shortstop."

[Matt1427]

cubs suck!

RED Sox ALLLL THHHEEE WAAAAAYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! trot nixon wow.

[kevinkills99]

Originally posted by TigerMan
This man didn't throw the pitch that drove in the runs, he didn't commit the error at shortstop, he didn't do anything wrong, period.

nothing wrong? Are you mental? He is allowed to catch that ball, because technically it is in the stands, and he didn't reach into play to catch it. BUT, he is a cubs fan, and if he had any ounce of intelligence, he would've let Moises Alou catch the friken ball. Don't give me that "if I was there I would've caught it" crap. If you tried to catch that ball, and saw Moises going after it, you should be dragged into the streets and beaten Sorry, but no real Cubs fan would try to rob a fielder of an out, intentionally or unintentionally.
Alou has a right to be mad, I'd be mad too. He had the chance to make an out, but was "robbed." I don't remember watching press conferences, so I don't know what any Cubs player said.
Sox just won. Cubs are down 3-0

[kevinkills99]

Originally posted by Restola

It's a little hard to judge distance on a flat image.

When looking at the two main angles (I wish I could get the video and get the two images side by side), it looks to me like it would have cleared his glove by a few inches anyways.

But, as we've seen, you know a heck of a lot more about everything than anyone else, so I'm probably wrong.

Yea, you're wrong The ball was about an inch above his glove. He had it until this bozo snatched it

The shortstop error pisses me off more.

[RoadDawg]

Even if he did catch it their is no saying he would of held onto it on the way back down. I've seen countless of errors similar to that. Errors happen. Whether it was fan interference or not the Cubs ended up self destructing. This reminds me of the yankees game where the ball was grapped by the kid and it counted as a home run.

[kevinkills99]

Originally posted by RoadDawg
Even if he did catch it their is no saying he would of held onto it on the way back down. I've seen countless of errors similar to that. Errors happen. Whether it was fan interference or not the Cubs ended up self destructing. This reminds me of the yankees game where the ball was grapped by the kid and it counted as a home run.

He's moises, he would've held it.

ATTA BOY WOOD! JUST HIT A 2 RUN HOMER TO TIE IT UP!!!