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Outside the box > the Bartman game
Sporting News, The, July 15, 2005 by Conor Nicholl
The last time the Marlins and Cubs played in a big series, some folks in Chicago decided to blow up a baseball and serve it with pasta.
That culinary feat occurred in the aftermath of Game 6 of the 2003 NLCS. The game, of course, still is fresh in Cubs fans' minds: The Marlins rallied for eight runs in the eighth inning after Cubs fan Steve Bartman took a potential putout away from Moises Alou. Florida won Game 7 the next night, then beat the Yankees in the World Series. Bartman became part of Windy City baseball lore-and the ball became part of a restaurant's house sauce.
It's unlikely that something similar will happen this weekend when the teams meet in South Florida, but the series still has importance: The Cubs and Marlins began the week battling the Braves--and each other--for the N.L. wild card.
MARLINS 000 000 080 -- 8 9 0 CUBS 100 001 100 -- 3 10 2 Florida AB R H RBI Pierre, CF 5 1 3 1 Castillo, 2B (a) 4 1 1 0 Rodriguez, C 4 1 1 1 Cabrera, RF 5 1 1 0 Encarnacion, RF 0 0 0 0 Lee, 1B (b) 5 1 1 2 Lowell, 3B 3 1 0 0 Conine, LF 2 0 1 1 A. Gonzalez, SS 3 0 0 0 Fox, P 0 0 0 0 Hollandsworth, PH 0 1 0 0 Urbina, P 0 0 0 0 Pavano, P 2 0 0 0 Willis, P 0 0 0 0 Mordecai, SS 2 1 1 3 Totals 35 8 9 8 Chicago AB R H RBI Lofton, CF 5 1 1 0 Grudzielanek, 2B 3 0 1 1 Sosa, RF 4 1 3 1 Alou, LF (c) 4 0 2 0 Ramirez, 3B (d) 4 0 1 0 Simon, 1B 2 0 0 0 Karros, PH-1B 1 0 0 0 A.S Gonzalez, SS 3 0 0 0 Alfonseca, P 0 0 0 0 Bako, C 4 1 2 0 Prior, P 2 0 0 0 Farnsworth, P 0 0 0 0 Remlinger, P 0 0 0 0 Martinez, SS 1 0 0 0 Totals 33 3 10 2 E: A.S. Gonzalez, Grudzielanek. DP: Florida 2, Chicago 1. LOB: Florida 6, Chicago 7. 2B: Pierre, Lee, Mordecai, Sosa. S: Grudzielanek, Prior. SF: Conine. Florida IP H R ER BB SO Payano 5.2 7 2 2 1 5 Willis (e) 1.0 1 1 1 1 2 Fox W (f) 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 Urbina 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Prior L 7.1 6 5 3 3 6 Farnsworth 0.1 1 3 3 2 0 Remlinger 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 Alfonseca 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 WP: Willis, Prior. PB: Bako. I Umpires: Reilly, Crawford, Meriwether, Culbreth, Everitt, Poncino. Time: 3:00. Attendance: 39,5771. (a) Castillo lofted the foul fly that became the Bartman Ball. Since that turn of events, Castillo has won a World Series ring (his second), signed a $16 million contract, won a second Gold Glove and batted .304. (b) D-Lee was traded to the Cubs for Hee Seop Choi and a minor league pitcher about five weeks after this game. Lee batted .188 in the LCS but had 31 homers and 92 RBIs in the regular season. Those numbers still are his career highs, but he should obliterate them this season. (c) Other than a story about urinating on his hands, Alou hasn't had any major controversies since Bartman. Now playing for his father, Felipe, in San Francisco, Alou is batting .325 with 12 homers. (d) Ramirez is the only Cubs position player who started this game and still is with the team. By contrast, six of the Marlins' eight starters are still with Florida. (e) This was one of seven relief appearances that Willis, then a rookie sensation, made in the '03 playoffs after being a starter during the regular season. He went on to throw 32/3 shutout innings in the World Series. (f) Fox hasn't had a victory since Game 6. He pitched in 12 games for Florida in 2004, signed with the Cubs for '05, then went on the D.L. with an elbow injury after becoming their closer.
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