AnythingChicago Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Although magazine articles usually don't get their own topic, I figured this article was "special". Cubs: What if? is an article in the SI magazine about what theoretically would have happened if a security guard would have stopped Bartman from interfering with the ball. According to the article...The Cubs will make it to the world series.Bartman will be a national hero along with the security guard.Barack Obama will never be president, or even Senator.Tim McCarver will become a legendary announcer. 2003 Cubs-Yanks will be the best World Series ever (7 games).The ending is too surprising to post here. I'll let someone else reveal it. So has anyone else read it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Moises Alou drops the ball. He's the goat, the Marlins score 8 runs, they win game 7 and the World Series. Everything else happens as it did in 2003. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriffinM6 Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Oh whatever.Sorry look at the username. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubsFanBudMan Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Yeah, sorry. Bartman had nothing to do with that loss. Or any of that other stuff they listed. I've moved on. How about "what if the best-record-in-NL 2008 Cubs could have won a playoff game?"Dempster can't handle getting the Game 1 start, gives up a grand slam and it's all downhill from there. Wow, sounds like today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Cubs: What if? is an article in the SI magazine about what theoretically would have happened if a security guard would have stopped Bartman from interfering with the ball. He didn't interfere in the first place; it was out of play. What if Alex Gonzalez didn't make an error? What if Dusty didn't leave Mark Prior in too long? What if Dusty, renowned players' manager, got everyone together for a conference to calm everybody down, especially the noticably perturbed Alou and Prior? What if Dusty didn't put Kyle Farnsworth in the game to suck up the joint as he has done his entire career? Blame the right parties. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Considering Bartman hadd no effect on anything, this is obviously just Cubs fans trying to place the blame on something other than the fact that their team sucks. https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 I fail to see how Steve Bartman not catching the ball prevents Obama's political foes for the Senate seat from 1) having an acrimonious divorce that spills over into the papers, 2) having an acrimonious divorce prompted by the husband asking his wife, aka Seven of Nine to perform sex acts with him in public (oh yes, and the papers found out about THAT too), and 3) Being a deranged carpet bagging lunatic respectively. I know, butterfly effect and all, but really? On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrySmalls Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 What if the Cubs didn't exist.The end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 What if the Cubs didn't exist.I'd be paying about as much attention to them as I do now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy B Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Alex Gonzalez has to love Steve Bartman. Imagine what he would have gone through if people didn't get so mad about a foul ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knnhrvy16 Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 What if the Cubs didn't exist.I'd be paying about as much attention to them as I do now.Aaaaand...Whammy! The opinions I express are mine, and mine only. If I am to express them, it is not to say you or anyone else is wrong, and certainly not to say that I am right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Alex Gonzalez has to love Steve Bartman. Imagine what he would have gone through if people didn't get so mad about a foul ball.Yeah, that polesmoker's gotten off easier than a nymphomaniac. It was him, him, him, and we're blaming the dumbass with the walkman on. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDC Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Alright, here's a weird one for you:I happen to live on the same street as Steve Bartman. Well, he moved (probably out of fear) after "the incident" and only his parents live there now. He's an insanely nice guy and was even my tee-ball coach one year when i was younger. He's a die-hard Cubs fan and its pretty sad to see what has happened to his life. The night of that game, and the next day, there were news trucks up and down my street trying to get interviews. It was ridiculous. So yeah, I'll keep defending him. There were 15 people around him reaching for that ball. Moises Alou reacted like an absolute , and Gonzales flubbed the next out. Prior choked, and they had two more games after that one, needing to win one. Ridiculous ---Owner of the NHA's Philadelphia Quakers, the UBA's Chicago Skyliners, and the CFA's Portland Beavers (2010 CFA2 Champions)--- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSky Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Although magazine articles usually don't get their own topic, I figured this article was "special". Cubs: What if? is an article in the SI magazine about what theoretically would have happened if a security guard would have stopped Bartman from interfering with the ball. According to the article...The Cubs will make it to the world series.Bartman will be a national hero along with the security guard.Barack Obama will never be president, or even Senator.Tim McCarver will become a legendary announcer. 2003 Cubs-Yanks will be the best World Series ever (7 games).The ending is too surprising to post here. I'll let someone else reveal it. So has anyone else read it?I started reading it but wasn't interested enough to finish, although the eagle and Blagojevich's hair was good for a chuckle at least. I'm surprised SI devoted that much space to something that will engage few other than Chicagoans and hardcore Cubs fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CS85 Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Whatever happened happened...there's no changing things...Bartman is my constant. Quote "You are nothing more than a small cancer on this message board. You are not entertaining, you are a complete joke." twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnythingChicago Posted April 2, 2011 Author Share Posted April 2, 2011 I'm not blaming Bartman for anything. I, too, believe it wasn't his fault. Prior just choked. But it was a rather humorous article and I thought I would make a topic and start a discussion about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eye Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Alex Gonzalez has to love Steve Bartman. Imagine what he would have gone through if people didn't get so mad about a foul ball.Imagine if Cubs fans weren't retarded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnythingChicago Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 Alex Gonzalez has to love Steve Bartman. Imagine what he would have gone through if people didn't get so mad about a foul ball.Imagine if Cubs fans weren't retarded.Imagine if you weren't a stereotypical assh0le. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Yeah, Eye. Not cool. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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