Posted by
Ed Lilly on Tuesday, April 01, 2008 10:26:19 PM
I guess the opening of the baseball season is not interesting on its own, so we have to somehow dredge up the Cubs 2003 NLCS Game 6 collapse:
Should Steve Bartman be off the hook with Cubs fans? According to Moises Alou, he should be.
Alou, now with the Mets, said he wouldn't have caught the now-infamous pop foul in the 2003 National League Championship Series that hit the heel of Bartman's hand in the eighth inning of Game 6, prolonging an inning in which the Marlins later rallied for the lead. Florida went on to win the series.
Ooooohhhhhkay. My own memory is a little different on Moises' chances, as the story notes further on:
That stands in stark contrast to Alou's reaction at the time. After the play, he jumped up and down with his arms outstretched.
After the game, he said: "I timed it perfectly, I jumped perfectly. I'm almost 100 percent that I had a clean shot to catch the ball. All of a sudden, there's a hand on my glove."
Who are you gonna believe, Moises or ..... Moises?!