Bartman Baseball Goes Ka-Boom





The sappy and superstitious fans of Chicago's North Side attended a public demolition of the infamous Steve Bartman ball last night. From ESPN.com :

In its final hours, the ball was put on display, given a massage and treated to a "last meal" of steak and lobster, or at least the aroma.

Grant DePorter, who helped buy the ball at an auction for $113,824 on behalf of Harry Caray's Restaurant Group, lined up hours of music, comedy and celebrity appearances.

"It's like the ring from 'The Lord of the Rings' and we're kind of like Frodo, trying to get it over with," Deporter said.

Bartman, who has made no public statements since issuing an apology in October. He did not plan to attend, a family friend said.

So much has been made of the ball's fate that even German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, speaking to the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, was aware that something was happening involving the Cubs, if perhaps a bit confused about what.

"I very much hope that thing about the National League championship is going to play out the way you want it to," he said.

Meanwhile in Boston, human rights activists have obtained an injuction stopping plans to have Grady Little chopped into millions of tiny pieces.

Posted: Fri - February 27, 2004 at 03:28 PM      

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