A few Cubs fans really want Steve Bartman at wild-card game

Instead, the Marlins started a rally and went on to win the game, which forced a Game 7 that the Marlins also won on their way to becoming World Series champs.

Here is the description: “Lifelong Cubs fan wants to make amends for 2003, lets make it happen”.

However, the page has basically resigned to the fact that this game will be in Pittsburgh, given the target goal of $5,000. “If anyone knows where he is at, tell him we are looking for him“, Escobedo wrote on GoFundMe.

The Cubs will be in the post-season for only the second time since 2003 when they face the Pirates in the Wildcard playoff game on Wednesday.

It’s actually inconceivable to understand the amount of pain and anguish the man has been through because of fellow “Cubs” fans. In the sixth game, played at Wrigley Field, Cubs ace Mark Prior was sailing along with a three-hit shutout as the Cubs led 3-0 with one out in the eighth inning.

“It’s nice of these people to think of Steve, but he won’t be taking advantage of the offer”, Frank Murtha, a family friend and longtime spokesman, said to ESPN.

Steve Bartman became about the most vilified baseball fan in history on the night of October. 14, 2003. Can you imagine how different Bartman’s life would have been?

With the Cubs approaching their first postseason appearance since 2008, a fan has orchestrated a GoFundMe page to send Bartman to the team’s Wild Card game against the Pirates, which will most likely be played at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.

Imagine if Bartman DID attend the game and the Cubs wound up losing on a bad hop or something? His page describes his intentions below. Regardless, I’ve got $20 burning a hole in my pocket and I would consider sending it Escobedo’s way, but only if he can arrange for Moises Alou to sit next to Bartman (preferably at least 10 rows off the field) and hug it out.

Chicago Cubs fans soon pinned all the blame for their defeat on Steve Bartman, and because of the torrent of abuse that he received, he hasn’t shown his face at a game or been seen in public for 12 whole years.