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[AZ Hoosier 11,159]

27 minutes ago, jermhoosierfan said:

I am glad they didn't have to make the trip to San Diego and have those ghosts of '84 come back to haunt us.

Just gotta keep that Bartman dude away from Wrigley!

[jermhoosierfan 439]

17 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Just gotta keep that Bartman dude away from Wrigley!

I read a story a few years ago during the 2016 Playoff run, that he left Chicago and doesn't go back except for family.  The Cubs were offering him tickets to a game if they made the World Series, and he turned them down.  They wanted to exorcise that demon I suppose.  

[AZ Hoosier 11,159]

1 hour ago, jermhoosierfan said:

I read a story a few years ago during the 2016 Playoff run, that he left Chicago and doesn't go back except for family.  The Cubs were offering him tickets to a game if they made the World Series, and he turned them down.  They wanted to exorcise that demon I suppose.  

Interesting... so Bartman goes the way of the Billy Goat curse...

[jermhoosierfan 439]

1 hour ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Interesting... so Bartman goes the way of the Billy Goat curse...

Sorry, he lives in the area, but he stays out of the spotlight.  The Cubs also gave him a 2016 World Series ring for closure, but he just wants to stay out of the public eye.  Alex Gonzalez is the one that really costed the Cubs in game 6 of 2003 because that error hurt.

https://fanbuzz.com/mlb/steve-bartman/

[Brass Cannon 25,778]

3 hours ago, jermhoosierfan said:

I read a story a few years ago during the 2016 Playoff run, that he left Chicago and doesn't go back except for family.  The Cubs were offering him tickets to a game if they made the World Series, and he turned them down.  They wanted to exorcise that demon I suppose.  

I don’t blame him my wife lived near the stadium at the time and she talked about roving packs of people looking for him after the game. 

[jermhoosierfan 439]

1 minute ago, Brass Cannon said:

I don’t blame him my wife lived near the stadium at the time and she talked about roving packs of people looking for him after the game. 

His incident let Alex Gonzalez off the hook.  They still had the lead in game 7 and lost it.  I was 32 and was pretty peeved for about a month. 

[Hardwood83 5,148]

With the condition of the starting rotation, I have very low expectations for the Cubs in the NLDS. Horton is out, Boyd has been great, but looks out of gas. Imanaga is giving up 4 homers per inning. Rea and Tallion have be terrific end of rotation guys but not sure you can count on that in the playoffs The offense has been so inconsistent. Just don't get swept. Of course, the Brewers will choke eventually and I'd prefer it this series, but hard to see the Cubs out slugging the them right now.  

Hope I am wrong.