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Posted by Michael Gonzalez (Member # 593) on 10-16-2003, 07:38 PM:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2003/news/story?id=1639664

The story of the Chicago Cubs fan who is being blamed by some for ruining his team's chances of making it to the Cubs' first World Series in 58 years won't be forgotten anytime soon.
An official with Revolution Studios, an independent studio that has produced "Anger Management," "XXX" and the soon-to-be-released "RADIO," confirmed that company officials accepted a pitch for a movie tentatively titled "Fan Interference," which will be based on the premise of a fan hurting his team by getting in the way of a play. Daily Variety, which first reported the story, said the movie is expected to star Kevin James of CBS' "King of Queens."
"It's not clear whether a project like this would ever make it to the screen," said one Hollywood insider. "It depends on if the topic can remain a part of the public's consciousness as well as whether enough of a plot could be written around the incident."
On Tuesday, the Cubs were up 3-0 in the eighth inning when a fan named Steven Bartman, sitting in the front row, reached for a foul ball and deflected it. The ball possibly could have been caught by Cubs leftfielder Moises Alou . After the incident, the Florida Marlins went on to score eight runs in the inning and eventually won the game 8-3. The Marlins advanced to the World Series by winning the decisive game Wednesday night. Bartman has been made a popular scapegoat even though several mistakes caused the Cubs to unravel that night.
On Thursday, memorabilia experts started to speculate on the price the cursed ball Bartman touched would fetch if it were offered at auction in the next couple of weeks.
"No true Cubs fan would want that ball, and I doubt a Florida Marlins fan would pay a lot of money for it," said Richard Russek, president of Grey Flannel, a sports auction house. "If someone paid $10,000 for it, it would be $9,000 too much."
Michael Heffner, managing partner of Leland's, another sports auction house, estimated the ball would command between $5,000 and $10,000 if it ever made it to the open market.
Darren Rovell, who covers sports business, can be reached at darren.rovell@espn3.com.

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 10-16-2003, 07:46 PM:

What a bunch of sour grapes. That ONE action did not lose the game for them, they just were out-played by a better team.

The ball was IN THE STANDS NOT ON THE FIELD! What a bunch of whiners!

>>> Phil

Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 10-16-2003, 08:57 PM:

The foul ball looked playable to me. But nevertheless, that's not the out that cost them. That potential double-play ball bobbled by the Cubs' shortstop is really the killer.

I would have preferred to see the Cubs get to the World Series. That would be more exciting than watching an expansion team that came into the league in the early 1990s get there for a second time in just a few years. And then you have the Yankees. Jeez, they're closing in on 40 appearances in the World Series. I could probably live the rest of my life without caring if they go to another World Series. If this year's World Series turns out to be a Yankees-Marlins event, I probably won't watch any of it. It is always more exciting to see teams play in the World Series that have never been there before. Either that or teams that haven't been there in a long time.

Hopefully the Red Sox can hang on. As of this writing, they're leading 4 to 1 in the bottom of the 5th.

Posted by Travis Hubrig (Member # 1745) on 10-16-2003, 09:07 PM:

I am with you Bobby,

LONG LIVE THE RED SOX

Posted by Richard Fowler (Member # 893) on 10-16-2003, 09:43 PM:

Marlins [Big Grin]

All tickets sold out for the home games with on line ticketing crashing out within minutes of release of tickets [Frown]

Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 10-17-2003, 12:32 AM:

Oh well, it's a Yankees-Marlins World Series. Whoopie doo. Maybe I'll read about who won the series several days from now. Meanwhile, I'll devote all my sports watching interests over to football and hockey. With both the Cubs and Red Sox eliminated the World Series situation is totally uninteresting. Blah! [sleep]

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 10-17-2003, 01:49 AM:

Yankees = Predictable

Yankees = Boring

Yankees = Yawn... Zzzzzzz.....

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 10-17-2003, 04:10 AM:

You're right Bobby, it will be one big bore.

>>> Phil

Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 10-17-2003, 06:43 AM:

Actually it will be a little anti-climatic after the Red Sox series. [Frown]

Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 10-17-2003, 08:37 AM:

I can't believe that the Sun-Times printed that poor kid's name! If I were in his shoes, I'd be seriously concerned for my personal safety right about now. Sad, especially since he a) didn't do anything that any other fan wouldn't do (as evidenced by the others who were grabbing for the ball at the same time) and b) wasn't the reason why the Cubs lost.

Anyway, the series will be anticlimactic at best, especially for those of us who were hoping for Cubs-Sox.

Meanwhile, us Sox fans have a few months to recover before next season.

Posted by Michael Gonzalez (Member # 593) on 10-17-2003, 02:19 PM:

This seems relevent to the topic at hand.

Posted by Charles Everett (Member # 889) on 10-17-2003, 05:44 PM:

Revolution Studios is the company that brought the world Gigli. [Big Grin]

Maybe studio boss Joe Roth can convince Bennifer to get back together again on screen in this flick.

FWIW, Revolution is NOT "an independent studio". It releases its titles through Sony and has a TV deal with Fox.

Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 10-17-2003, 06:51 PM:

If I recall correctly, the Yankees haven't won the last few series, since the Diamondbacks kicked them off their pedestal. I'll be watching it, though with limited interest, just to hopefully see the Yankees lose again. Would have been nice for a Red Sox/Cubs matchup though.

Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 10-18-2003, 11:36 AM:

If either the Sox or the Cubbies had made it, it would be much more interesting.

And, a MOVIE about the fan-catch?! PUH-LEEZE! They're getting mighty thin... story departments, that is. The fan didn't lose the playoffs for them. What about all the screw-ups by the PLAYERS - they didn't get themselves in the series?! If it all came down to one out, then they probably didn't need to be there in the first place!

Sheesh!

Posted by Pravin Ratnam (Member # 1417) on 10-18-2003, 02:45 PM:

As a Pirates fan, I don't feel one bit sorry for the Cubs fans. As a general baseball fan, one side of me did want to see a Cubs-Red Sox series badly. But another side of me wanted to see these two teams suffer another heartbreaking loss after being so close to clinching a series win because they got greedy ownerships who make obscene profits over their fans dog like loyalty.

As far as the fan, I agree he didn't cost them the series. But he is a retard anyway. That 4 eyed illfitting cap wearing Forrest Gump looking dumb headphones laden 26 year old ADULT is a freaking part time baseball coach. He should have known better. I don't buy this "everyone would have done it" thing. First of all, this is NOT THE REGULAR SEASON where the typical fan comes to hang out, catch a few souvenirs, have fun with buddies. The playoffs heighten the whole "winning is everything" vibe of going to watch the game.

I was at Three Rivers Stadium by the 3rd base side when the Pirates played the Braves in one of these annual heartbreaking series losses in the early 90s. Whenever a foul ball even remotely approached our side, people made sure we didn't crowd the fielder. Whenever the Braves came to bat, we instinctively knew that we should give our 3rd baseman as much room as he needed on every play. Whenever the Braves were fielding, we were trying our best to disrupt him by distracting him whenever he came to our side. I can tell you this. If that retard was in our section, we would done him a huge favor and pushed him back as soon as we noticed him raising his hands and save him a lot of grief from other fans.

And what is this idiot doing wearing those headphones the whole time? I know people who listen to the commentary on the side, but not like this guy. This guy just seemed immersed in it before, during and after the incident.

If he is smart, he will cash in on those Florida offers.

Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 10-18-2003, 03:29 PM:

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But another side of me wanted to see these two teams suffer another heartbreaking loss after being so close to clinching a series win because they got greedy ownerships who make obscene profits over their fans dog like loyalty.

Huh? As far as I know, the Red Sox organization has _lost_ money for the last year or two (not sure on this year). That's why they made some noise a few years ago in an attempt to get the city to build a new $500 million ballpark for them (Fenway's capacity is the lowest in the majors--about 34k, give or take a few hundred). Fortunately, the city didn't seem terribly interested. Personally, I think that the whole idea was misguided because, among other reasons, attendance would probably go down if fans didn't have to order tickets months in advance as they now do, because nearly every game sells out. Not to mention that the current ballpark (which is old and charming, unlike many newer ballparks) is part of the reason why people attend the games.

As much as I would love to see it, a World Series victory would be a Bad Thing (tm) for business over the long term, as many fans would feel that they have nothing left to hope for and dream about, and would lose interest a few years later.

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 10-18-2003, 05:15 PM:

I say the Marlins will sweep it in 4! Whadda think Bob?

>>> Phil

Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 10-19-2003, 10:34 AM:

I take the Yanks in Six. If I lose I will send "Sable and Rosenfeld" to your Hollywood home to do with what you want. [Wink]

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 10-19-2003, 02:00 PM:

And IF I lose, you can send me some KC Steaks as a gesture of "good will"...Porterhouse, please.

>>> Phil

Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 10-19-2003, 10:05 PM:

Phil, you never stood a chance......Don't you wish you lived in New York? Don't answer that the answer is obvious and you know it. [Smile]

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 10-21-2003, 09:26 PM:

You're 100% right Bob, the answer is obvious. NO!

>>> Phil