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Game 6 of '03 NLCS on ESPN Classic tonight

Anyone going to be a masochist? it's on at 5 pm ET.

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I was going to post this too

but I didn’t know if I would get banned or not ;) I am DVRing it, but I might just delete it when I get home, I wanted the option.

Better not have anything that could damage your TV within grabbing distance.

by ryan89 on Oct 14, 2008 1:22 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'd rather stick a fork in my eye...

actually after the Gonzalez error I dont remember much. I think i went kinda numb and stared blankly at the TV.

Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand. - Homer J Simpson

by MikeOxbyg on Oct 14, 2008 4:00 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Im gonna watch it!

it could be theraputic

Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.

by bren on Oct 14, 2008 4:02 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Watched it...

Should have taken the fork in the eye idea.

by ryan89 on Oct 14, 2008 8:34 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm not sure why but

I almost cried when DLee hit the game tying run in

by ryan89 on Oct 14, 2008 8:51 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I got as far as the seventh inning

but i couldn’t bear to watch the eight. I still haven’t, in five years.

------ TheRiot Squad ------

by RightFieldSucks on Oct 14, 2008 10:53 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I didnt' see this till this morning.

I found a series of clips on youtube that were the top of the 8th in game 6.

by the time it was over I was in a ball on the ground rocking back and forth and shouting.

“im going to my happy place!!”

---AC 00 00 00 - Believe

by mjk83 on Oct 15, 2008 9:11 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i didnt' notice this either

i would’ve dvred it as well and stopped after the 7th inning

i fell in love with Mark Prior and never really fell out of it as other Cubs fans did. I hold no hate or grudge against him so I have to say…. I REALLY miss watching that guy pitch. And the first 7 innings would’ve made me happy again for a brief moment

as long as i didn’t watch the 8th

by DartmouthCubsFan on Oct 15, 2008 11:22 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Really wish I coulda watched it

But I don’t get ESPN Classic, or I can’t find it.

And I don’t remember much from the game, I was 10 at the time, and didn’t even know that it was the playoffs.

by cubsfaninatl on Oct 15, 2008 7:43 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

son, there are some things in life that should not be remembered

and if you’re going to be a Cubs fan for a while, that’s one of them .. Believe you us.

Let’s instead remember this ..

and this ..

this .. (which you mercifully NEVER have to remember .. ever ..)

and of course, the definition of beauty contrasted with abomination

Well, Next Year is here .. and Jack's century's gotta end some time .. GO CUBBIES!

by cubnational on Oct 18, 2008 12:44 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If I had the time...

… I could probably sit here for 4 hours and list 10,000 things I’d rather do than watch this game or be anywhere near a TV set (or a cable box, just for safety) while it is airing.

When “Inning 8” originally happened, I literally took the (still recording) tape out of my VCR and smashed it in 2 pieces over my knee. Later on, of course, when I decided to GROW UP, I put it back together using a new shell – still have it in fact, but would never watch it… until they win it all, that is – then it’s ‘safe’.

Wait a minute... who am I here?

by malicedoom on Oct 16, 2008 1:22 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This Red Sox Fan Didn't Re-Watch the 1986 Game 6 Until 2004

Only after the Sox finally won the World Series could I go back and watch the Buckner game. Same with the one-game playoff in 1978.

Never, but NEVER, put ketchup on a hot dog.

by CaliCub on Oct 17, 2008 10:28 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My VHS tape copy is labelled "The Horror .. The Horror .."

Well, Next Year is here .. and Jack's century's gotta end some time .. GO CUBBIES!

by cubnational on Oct 18, 2008 12:18 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My DVR recorded it without my knowing...

I saw the listing as Cubs Baseball, then saw it was Cubs/Marlins and figured, “Oh, crap- it’s probably game 6 of the 2003 NLCS.”

I was AT the game. It didn’t look any better on video than it did live and in person.

My wife and kids still haven’t forgiven me for dragging them to the game all the while saying “We’re going to see HISTORY tonight!” Well, we sure did.

And for someone who came of age on the ’69 Cubs and blew a gasket rooting for a Cubs/Tigers WS in 1984, you would think I would know better.

Someday…someday…

Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (Now #12,966 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list- UP from 13,031...WHOO HOO!)

by Zeke on Oct 16, 2008 2:12 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I have a tape of this game somewhere.

I have never watched it. Nor will I.

I saw enough of it five years ago.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Oct 18, 2008 4:33 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sorry - reply button not working

Just wanted to say: I feel your pain – can’t IMAGINE actually BEING THERE for that game. And I have the same hopes as well. Someday…

Wait a minute... who am I here?

by malicedoom on Oct 16, 2008 2:25 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It was very eerie that night.

The weather was perfect. Fantastic sunset. There was a goat and a band playing outside the main entrance under the marquee.

When I went to pick up our four tickets at Will Call, I was shaking when they handed them to me. I half expected someone to run up and snatch them out of my hand. Tickets were going for thousands online.

We got settled in our seats in the second row of the upper deck by the 3rd base camera well. GREAT SEATS! What I most wanted to see at the end of the night was the Eamus Catuli sign change over to 00 in the middle run of numbers.

For the first time in recent memory at a Cubs game, I ate and drank NOTHING. I didn’t want to have to leave my seat. And I made it until after the top of the 8th inning ended.

The entire park full of people seemed to be holding their breath throughout the game. As each inning concluded, the collective breath was drawn in tighter and tighter.

I sat next to a former Wrigley Field groundskeeper. We kept telling each other that we would not speak of anything related to what could happen if the Cubs won. We silently counted down the number of outs left that the Cubs needed to get and began to hold up fingers to each other with the number once it was down to 10 outs to go.

After the 6th inning concluded, it was 9. In the 7th, Prior got three outs to get the number down to 6- BUT, I noticed on my scorecard that all three outs were fly ball outs- not a good sign for a power sinkerball pitcher. Prior was tiring, but Dusty had no one stirring in the bullpen.

The 8th started with the Cubs up 3-0. We got the first out to get the number down to 5. Then the roof caved in.

I won’t go into a blow by blow of what happened. Suffice to say it was torturous.

After the 3rd out, I went to the bathroom and the number of fans in there swearing at the top of their lungs mixing with others in a zombie like daze was amazing. Stall doors were kicked. Towel dispensers were punched. It was not a pretty sight.

The rest of the game was a blur. All the life and air had been completely sucked out of the park.

Then, it was over. I turned to see my daughter and wife in tears- their hearts torn out and stomped on with a thoroughness that only a Cubs fan can understand.

We left after the final out and walked up the stairs and then slowly down the ramps with thousands of other fans- all in stony silence. No anger at that point, but a real feeling that “it was over”- even though there was still a game seven the next night. It’s hard to describe that feeling other than to say you could read it clear as a bell in the eyes of everyone around us as we all exited. They didn’t have to say it. They knew.

The line to the EL moved slowly and quietly. People rode the Red Line back downtown without a sound.

It truly was one of the eeriest, and saddest experiences that I’ve ever had.

      

Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (Now #12,966 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list- UP from 13,031...WHOO HOO!)

by Zeke on Oct 17, 2008 10:34 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i have game 6 on tape

I almost watched it after game 2. I never actually saw the game live. The only recollection I have is the 5th inning when I ducked into a bar to see Prior on the hill we were up 1-0. I got back to where I was staying it was 8-3 a final. I asked myself what in gods name happened ? So when a friend of mine presented me with the tape, I needed to watch it in order to understand. And every time I watch that game I swear to you that you get sucked into believing that we’re going to win it, but oh how does reality quickly set in the 8th inning. Unbelievable. :-/

Someday we'll go all the way.

by Cubbinstrongsince86 on Oct 16, 2008 11:59 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

sitting far off in a lonely living room in the Holy City in 03

my wife barely even knowing what a Cub fan is, let alone what they’ve been immersed in, she just couldn’t get at how absolutely electric the vibe was in the park. I will never forget it .. it was as if I was connected by carrier wave to the exultation that one could see oozing out of the TV from Wrigley … LIVE ..

THEN It happened …

When Bartman started to get fingered by the weasels at FOX, I looked sadly at my wife, who sat there just kind of flummoxed over Cub fan giddiness, and told her that “that poor man will be marked for life for NOTHING ..” … and we all know what happened ..

And not long after that, when the Cubs got edged by the Marlins and I sat there cold and hard as a stone on the sofa, she actually laughed at me and all the Cubs fans for what happened. Laughed .. hard .. The rest of the evening got pretty ugly after that.

Fortunately, marriages are what happen when you mature beyond your differences when you love someone. She’s now a Cubs fan, by osmosis, and actually was down when the Cubs lost this year.

Love will find a way ..

Well, Next Year is here .. and Jack's century's gotta end some time .. GO CUBBIES!

by cubnational on Oct 17, 2008 2:24 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Something I've Always Wondered

How did the papers get a hold of Bartman’s identity? Did an acquaintance of his snitch him out for thirty pieces of silver or something?

Never, but NEVER, put ketchup on a hot dog.

by CaliCub on Oct 17, 2008 10:27 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The Sun Times got involved, if I'm not mistaken, and dug a lot of info up about him

Personally, if I’d been him, I’d have sued the pants off of them – and given Governor Bumpusovich my own form of public rebuke for the stupid remark he made.

But I’m not him. I still hurt for the guy and despise anyone claiming to be a “Cub fan” who’d run him down. And there’s plenty of ignorant lemmings among us who do so.

Well, Next Year is here .. and Jack's century's gotta end some time .. GO CUBBIES!

by cubnational on Oct 18, 2008 12:13 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I've never liked the press

for reasons just like this. They don’t care whose life they ruin and a lot of times don’t care about the facts. His name should have NEVER been released to the public; what point did it serve? What if some moronic fan had done something stupid like tracking him down and beating the crap out of him (or heaven forbid worse)?

I’m a big believer in freedom of the press, but with freedom comes responsibility and publishing his name was very irresponsible

"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"

by MerlinDog on Oct 18, 2008 8:50 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Scary Implications

It’s a little unnerving to think that the media has the ability to out you the way they did to Steve Bartman. You have to think “Nobody is going to know who I am among 40,000 people in a stadium”, and yet Bartman’s name made the papers in a matter of hours.

Never, but NEVER, put ketchup on a hot dog.

by CaliCub on Oct 18, 2008 9:36 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Think about this

It could have been almost anyone of us. I personally think he has handled it with a lot of class, it would have been very easy for him to cash in on it. I think he wants nothing more then to be forgotten and left alone. I for one wish no one would ever mention his name again and let the poor guy live his life.

"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"

by MerlinDog on Oct 18, 2008 9:54 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If that exact play happens in first inning

no one thinks anything of it. Alou would not have thrown his tantrum. The game goes on and the Cubs get out of the inning.

Timing is everything…

Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (Now #12,966 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list- UP from 13,031...WHOO HOO!)

by Zeke on Oct 19, 2008 9:40 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It was on a website by about 1pm the next day

Everyone pretty much assumed his name was going to come out and it was on something like the Smoking Gun or some similar site by the next day. I don’t remember which.

by JonH on Oct 20, 2008 7:49 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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