http://www.metafilter.com/tags/bartman Posts tagged with 'bartman' at MetaFilter. Sat, 09 Jul 2005 16:58:35 -0800 Sat, 09 Jul 2005 16:58:35 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/43371/No%2Dnot%2Dthat%2DBartman <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=bartman">Searching for Bartman.</a> A sports reporter’s account of his efforts to land an interview with “the most reclusive man in sports,” <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bartman">Steve Bartman</a>. Bartman is the baseball fan blamed by many Chicago Cubs fans for preventing the Cubs from reaching the World Series in 2003 when he arguably <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/graphics/art3/cubfan1.jpg">interfered with a catch</a> at a key point in the game. He received massive <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3200582.stm">attention</a> and <a href="http://cagle.slate.msn.com/news/BaseballPlayoffs03/main.asp">ridicule</a> after the incident, but never spoke to the media about it, except he released a <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2003/news/story?id=1639049">short statement</a> the day after the game. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.43371 Sat, 09 Jul 2005 16:58:35 -0800 bartman baseball cubs marlins sports worldseries brain_drain http://www.metafilter.com/39919/and%2Dthey%2Dfigured%2Dout%2Da%2Dway%2Dto%2Dinclude%2Dbeer <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/latimests/cubfansareeatingupthelatestpitchtoendteamscurse">Cub fans willing to eat Bartman's ball</a> to end curse. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.39919 Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:46:47 -0800 bartman baseball cubs curse sauce tsarfan