For Chicago Cubs Fans: There Is Your Proof It Was Not Bartman’s Fault
October 20, 2010 by Jim Folsom
The score was 3-2 in favor of the Yankees. There were two on and two out for one of the most feared hitters in the game today, Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers.
The Rangers led the series two games to one, so this was a critical at-bat for the Yankees and their underachieving pitcher A.J. Burnett.
Hamilton hit a pop foul down the left field line—and then it happened.
As Yankee left fielder Brett Gardner closed on the ball, he was quickly running out of room. As he got to the wall and was reaching up to make the catch, a fan reached up to make the catch also and got his hands on the ball. A disgusted Gardner glared into the stands,...
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