Seven Years Since Steve Bartman: A Set of Perspectives

"Personally, I'd like to win it and put him at the head of the parade -- exonerate him for life. That's not what lost it for us. Maybe it was just Jack's turn, you know?"

-- DUSTY BAKER, Chicago Cubs Manager from 2003-06 (Via Esquire / March 31, 2004)

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"A fan in that situation should try his best to get out of the way, even if he isn't of the mind to see Alou approaching, as Bartman claims. Still, he's also a human being who was reacting in a tense, unusual moment. And the resulting verbal abuse and trash-hurling, followed by the Neanderthal threats and creepy reaction on the

"You never expect that by going to a baseball game that your life is going to change because you try to catch a foul ball. It's horrible for him."

-- ANTHONY GENOVESE, a high school classmate of Steve Bartman (Via the Palm Beach Post / Oct. 13, 2008)

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"Stuff happens."

-- JEB BUSH, Former Florida Governor (Via The Guardian / Oct. 15, 2009)

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