Foul Ball kid offered 3-month stay in Florida

Raderick · 10-16-2003, 02:17 AM

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playof...ory?id=1638970

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MIAMI -- If he's interested, the 26-year-old Chicago fan who deflected a foul ball away from a Cubs outfielder in Game 6 of the NL Championship Series can find solace in Florida.

Gov. Jeb Bush said Wednesday an offer of asylum might be a good idea, and an oceanfront retreat in Pompano Beach is offering the man a free three-month stay, should he deem it necessary to get out of Chicago until the hubbub over the popup cools down.

The fan would also receive free airfare and other perks, all provided by the Holiday Inn Oceanside Pompano Beach.

"People are compassionate in South Florida and people are talking about the unfortunate circumstances he must be facing today," said Chuck Malkus, a spokesman for the property.

Also included in the offer are free steak dinners, free martinis, even a free water taxi ride.

"They've got the curse of a goat or something, right," said Gerardo Pena, 40, a Marlins fan from Lauderdale Lakes. "I guess this guy is their new goat."

Pena was referring to a story well-entrenched in Chicago lore: A bar owner cursed the Cubs when he and his goat were turned away from a 1945 World Series game. The Cubs haven't made the World Series since.

The Cubs were five outs away from clinching the series and earning a spot in the World Series when the botched play took place Tuesday night. Replays showed the man looking up at the ball hit by Florida's Luis Castillo; it was unclear the fan was ever aware Cubs left fielder Moises Alou was in the area.

Game 7 of the series is Wednesday night at Wrigley Field.

Marlins fans who were lined up Wednesday with hopes of buying World Series tickets also expressed compassion for the man, with many saying it wasn't his play that was the most damaging to the Cubs in Florida's eight-run eighth inning.

Instead, Florida fans were saying that Cubs shortstop Alex Gonzalez's error, which occurred two batters after the fan knocked Castillo's foul pop away from Alou, was the biggest gift the Marlins received during the rally.

But it was the foul ball which created a national buzz on radio talk shows.

"You can't help but feel bad for the guy," said Marlins fan Dennis Sikes of Miami Beach, one of about 100 people waiting in a ticket line outside a team souvenir store Wednesday. "Chicago doesn't seem to be a real forgiving sort of place, you know."

The man had to be escorted out of Wrigley Field by security guards in the bottom of the eighth inning after he was threatened and pelted with debris.

Bush was asked Wednesday if he planned to offer the distraught fan asylum in Florida.

"If I had that power within me it might be, for his own safety, it might be good to bring him down," Bush said.

Bush seemed sympathetic to the man's unfortunate plight.

"Sports is so much fun because it isn't planned, it isn't programmed," Bush said. "Stuff happens. And in that sense, it's kind of a mirror of life. So all I can tell you is it's been an incredibly interesting series."

Big Willis 16 · 10-16-2003, 02:27 AM

I was coming into this thread expecting a joke.

matskralc · 10-16-2003, 02:29 AM

That makes two of us.

Raderick · 10-16-2003, 02:29 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Big Willis 16
I was coming into this thread expecting a joke.

Well you expected the wrong thing

Big Willis 16 · 10-16-2003, 02:30 AM

Well when I see a post by you, I have to be expecting a joke.

Remember those pictures you posted before????

fantom1979 · 10-16-2003, 02:30 AM

This sounds fishy... I think the Marlins paid him before the game to knock the foul ball away from Alou. This could be the biggest scandal since the Blacksox.

Big Willis 16 · 10-16-2003, 02:32 AM

So true. Obviously they knew the hit was coming there. It happens every game. Even tonights game they had a foul ball in almost the same spot.

Yet, this time all the fans backed off. So obviously no one was paid today.

AngelinOF · 10-16-2003, 02:38 AM

I think it would take longer than a 3-month asylum. I'm guessing that Cubs' fans have a very loooong memory.

Raderick · 10-16-2003, 02:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Big Willis 16
Well when I see a post by you, I have to be expecting a joke.

Remember those pictures you posted before????

I'll try to find some more.

kq76 · 10-16-2003, 03:07 AM

Damn! I'd take the deal in a heartbeat!

woody5254 · 10-16-2003, 09:35 AM

Why don't we see any pictures of Alex Gonzalez bobbling the grounder anywhere, that was a bigger play in my mind?

Of course he already has house in Florida

ihatenames · 10-16-2003, 09:42 AM

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Originally posted by woody5254
Of course he already has house in Florida

that is the first thing i thought of when i read this thread. I guess ol Bush isn't satisfied with just rigging elections anymore.

Rizon · 10-16-2003, 01:21 PM

I think he should pretend to be gay and go down to some Miami beaches and pick up chicks.

LivnLegend · 10-16-2003, 01:23 PM

If he took advantage of the offer, he might as well never go back to Chicago as I am sure it would only make things worse for the guy in the long run.

Rizon · 10-16-2003, 01:39 PM

Miami > Chicago anyways.

I don't see any half naked Cuban hoties in thongs in Chicago.

Rizon · 10-16-2003, 01:41 PM

Miami, by Steven Bartman

uh- miami yeah, yeah...south beach, bringing the heat- jig it out, uh

verse 1:
here i am in the place where i'com to let go-miami
the bass and the sun set low.
Everyday like a mardi gras- everbody party all day
no work- all play, ok

so we sip a liitle something, leave the rest to spill.
me and charlie at the bar running up a high bill
nutin; less than ill when we dress to kill,
and every time the ladies pass they be like "Hi will"

Ya'll feel me
All ages and races,
Real sweet faces, every single nation
Spanish, Hatian, indian jamaican,
Black, White, Cuban or Asian

I only come for 2 days of playing, but every time we come
we always wind up staying.
This the type of town i could spend a few days in,
Miami the city that keeps the roof blazing.

chorus:
Party in the city where the heat is on.
All night on the beach til the break of dawn
Welcome to miami (bienvenido a miami)
Bouncin' in the club where the heat is on
All night on the beach til the break of dawn.
I'm going to miami, welcome to miami

verse2:
Yo i heard the rain storms aint nutin to mess wit
but i cant feel a drip on the strip, its a trip.
Ladies half dressed, fully equipped,
and they be screamin out
"will, we loved your last hit!"
So i'm thinking i'ma scoop me something hot
in this salsa/merengue melting pot.
HOttest club in the city and its right on the beach.
Tempature, get to ya'- its about to reach
500 degrees in the carribean seas
with the hot mommies screaming "Ayy papi"
Everytime i come to town they be spotting me,
in the drop bentley, aint no stoppin me.
So cash in your dough and lets flow to this fashion show.
Pound for pound anywhere you wanna go.
Yo, aint no city in the world like this, but if you ask how i know,
i gotsta plead the 5th, miami!

repeat chorus

Dont get me wrong Charlotte Town got it going on
and New York is the city that we know dont sleep.
And we all know the LA and Philly stay jiggy, but on the snake,
Miami bringing heat for real, ya'll dont understand.
I never seen so many dominican women w/cinnamon tans.
"Mira, this is plan, take a walk on the beach, draw a heart in the sand, give
me your hand. Damn! you look sexy, lets go to yacth in the west keys, ride my
jet skis, lounge under the plam trees."
Cause you gottta have cheese for the summer time piece on south beach.
water so clear you can see to the bottom.
$100,000 cars, everybody got em.
Aint no place in a club to see sly stallon, miami, my second home.

jaxmagicman · 10-16-2003, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Rizon
Miami > Chicago anyways.

I don't see any half naked Cuban hoties in thongs in Chicago.

Yeah but you get 80 year old women wearing cubbie underwear.

jaxmagicman · 10-16-2003, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Rizon
Miami, by Steven Bartman

uh- miami yeah, yeah...south beach, bringing the heat- jig it out, uh

verse 1:
here i am in the place where i'com to let go-miami
the bass and the sun set low.
Everyday like a mardi gras- everbody party all day
no work- all play, ok

so we sip a liitle something, leave the rest to spill.
me and charlie at the bar running up a high bill
nutin; less than ill when we dress to kill,
and every time the ladies pass they be like "Hi will"

Ya'll feel me
All ages and races,
Real sweet faces, every single nation
Spanish, Hatian, indian jamaican,
Black, White, Cuban or Asian

I only come for 2 days of playing, but every time we come
we always wind up staying.
This the type of town i could spend a few days in,
Miami the city that keeps the roof blazing.

chorus:
Party in the city where the heat is on.
All night on the beach til the break of dawn
Welcome to miami (bienvenido a miami)
Bouncin' in the club where the heat is on
All night on the beach til the break of dawn.
I'm going to miami, welcome to miami

verse2:
Yo i heard the rain storms aint nutin to mess wit
but i cant feel a drip on the strip, its a trip.
Ladies half dressed, fully equipped,
and they be screamin out
"will, we loved your last hit!"
So i'm thinking i'ma scoop me something hot
in this salsa/merengue melting pot.
HOttest club in the city and its right on the beach.
Tempature, get to ya'- its about to reach
500 degrees in the carribean seas
with the hot mommies screaming "Ayy papi"
Everytime i come to town they be spotting me,
in the drop bentley, aint no stoppin me.
So cash in your dough and lets flow to this fashion show.
Pound for pound anywhere you wanna go.
Yo, aint no city in the world like this, but if you ask how i know,
i gotsta plead the 5th, miami!

repeat chorus

Dont get me wrong Charlotte Town got it going on
and New York is the city that we know dont sleep.
And we all know the LA and Philly stay jiggy, but on the snake,
Miami bringing heat for real, ya'll dont understand.
I never seen so many dominican women w/cinnamon tans.
"Mira, this is plan, take a walk on the beach, draw a heart in the sand, give
me your hand. Damn! you look sexy, lets go to yacth in the west keys, ride my
jet skis, lounge under the plam trees."
Cause you gottta have cheese for the summer time piece on south beach.
water so clear you can see to the bottom.
$100,000 cars, everybody got em.
Aint no place in a club to see sly stallon, miami, my second home.

Sounds like a country song.

10-16-2003, 02:27 AM	#2
Big Willis 16 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,616	I was coming into this thread expecting a joke. __________________ A wise man once said "shutup and drink your beer!"

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Big Willis 16 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,616	Well when I see a post by you, I have to be expecting a joke. Remember those pictures you posted before???? __________________ A wise man once said "shutup and drink your beer!"

10-16-2003, 02:30 AM	#6
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10-16-2003, 02:32 AM	#7
Big Willis 16 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,616	So true. Obviously they knew the hit was coming there. It happens every game. Even tonights game they had a foul ball in almost the same spot. Yet, this time all the fans backed off. So obviously no one was paid today. __________________ A wise man once said "shutup and drink your beer!"

10-16-2003, 02:38 AM	#8
AngelinOF All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,353	I think it would take longer than a 3-month asylum. I'm guessing that Cubs' fans have a very loooong memory.

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10-16-2003, 01:39 PM	#15
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10-16-2003, 01:41 PM	#16
Rizon Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: SF Area, California Total Posts: 531,691 Posts: 2,369	Miami, by Steven Bartman uh- miami yeah, yeah...south beach, bringing the heat- jig it out, uh verse 1: here i am in the place where i'com to let go-miami the bass and the sun set low. Everyday like a mardi gras- everbody party all day no work- all play, ok so we sip a liitle something, leave the rest to spill. me and charlie at the bar running up a high bill nutin; less than ill when we dress to kill, and every time the ladies pass they be like "Hi will" Ya'll feel me All ages and races, Real sweet faces, every single nation Spanish, Hatian, indian jamaican, Black, White, Cuban or Asian I only come for 2 days of playing, but every time we come we always wind up staying. This the type of town i could spend a few days in, Miami the city that keeps the roof blazing. chorus: Party in the city where the heat is on. All night on the beach til the break of dawn Welcome to miami (bienvenido a miami) Bouncin' in the club where the heat is on All night on the beach til the break of dawn. I'm going to miami, welcome to miami verse2: Yo i heard the rain storms aint nutin to mess wit but i cant feel a drip on the strip, its a trip. Ladies half dressed, fully equipped, and they be screamin out "will, we loved your last hit!" So i'm thinking i'ma scoop me something hot in this salsa/merengue melting pot. HOttest club in the city and its right on the beach. Tempature, get to ya'- its about to reach 500 degrees in the carribean seas with the hot mommies screaming "Ayy papi" Everytime i come to town they be spotting me, in the drop bentley, aint no stoppin me. So cash in your dough and lets flow to this fashion show. Pound for pound anywhere you wanna go. Yo, aint no city in the world like this, but if you ask how i know, i gotsta plead the 5th, miami! repeat chorus Dont get me wrong Charlotte Town got it going on and New York is the city that we know dont sleep. And we all know the LA and Philly stay jiggy, but on the snake, Miami bringing heat for real, ya'll dont understand. I never seen so many dominican women w/cinnamon tans. "Mira, this is plan, take a walk on the beach, draw a heart in the sand, give me your hand. Damn! you look sexy, lets go to yacth in the west keys, ride my jet skis, lounge under the plam trees." Cause you gottta have cheese for the summer time piece on south beach. water so clear you can see to the bottom. $100,000 cars, everybody got em. Aint no place in a club to see sly stallon, miami, my second home. __________________ JML MILKSHAKES