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The Steve Bartman incident occurred during a Major League Baseball (MLB) postseason game played between the Chicago Cubs and the Florida Marlins on October 14, 2003, at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois. In the eighth inning of Game 6 of the National League Championship Series (NLCS), with Chicago ahead 3–0 and holding a 3 games to 2 lead in the best of seven series, several spectators attempted to catch a foul ball off the bat of Florida second baseman Luis Castillo. One of the fans – Steve Bartman – reached for the ball, deflecting it and disrupting a potential catch by Cubs outfielder Moisés Alou. If Alou had caught the ball, it would have been the second out in the inning, and the Cubs would have been just four outs away from winning their first National League pennant since 1945. Instead, the Cubs ended up surrendering eight runs in the inning and shortly afterward lost the game, 8–3. When they were eliminated in the seventh game the next day, the "Steve Bartman incident" was seen as the "first domino" in the turning point of the series. In the aftermath of the incident, Bartman, a lifelong Cubs fan, had to be escorted from the stadium by security guards and placed under police protection for a time, when his name and address were made public on Major League Baseball message boards. In 2011, ESPN produced a documentary film exploring the subject as part of its ''30 for 30'' series. Titled ''Catching Hell'', the film draws similarities between Bill Buckner's fielding error late in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series and the Bartman incident. It also displays the incident through all perspectives. ==Foul ball incident== At the time of the incident, Mark Prior was pitching a three-hit shutout for the Cubs in the eighth inning. The Cubs led the game 3–0 and also held a series lead of 3 games to 2. They were five outs away from reaching the World Series for the first time since ; the Cubs had not been baseball's champions since . Luis Castillo was at bat for the Marlins with one out, and a full count, with teammate Juan Pierre on second base. Bartman was sitting in the front row along the left field corner wall behind the on-field bullpen when a pop foul off the bat of Castillo drifted toward his seat. Cubs left fielder Moisés Alou approached the wall, jumped, and reached for the ball. Bartman attempted to catch the ball, failed to secure it, and in the process deflected it away from Alou's glove. Alou slammed his glove down in frustration and shouted at several fans. The Cubs, in particular Alou and Prior, argued for interference, but umpire Mike Everitt ruled there was no fan interference because the ball had broken the plane of the wall separating the field of play from the stands and entered the stands. Cubs manager Dusty Baker didn't see the play as it happened, because the curvature of the Cubs dugout blocked his view.〔(ASAP Sports - Marlins vs. Cubs )〕 Everitt's ruling has been heavily scrutinized over the years. For example, the authors of ''Mad Ball: The Bartman Play'' argue that photographs do show Bartman's arms extending into the playing field and that Castillo should have been called out due to fan interference.〔Walter J. Yurkanin and R. Thomas Hoffman. ''Mad Ball: The Bartman Play''. Networlding, 2011. ISBN 0983812837. 24-25.〕 On Fox, Thom Brennaman called the play this way: '' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Steve Bartman incident」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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