Is Steve Bartman the most hated person in sports that was never affiliated with any team?

Question

If there is someone who you believe is hated more than him, say who they are and what they did.

Answer 1

Years late Moises Alou admitted that he probably couldn't have caught the ball, yet Bartman is still blamed. I would have done the same thing if a ball was coming into the stands. Cubs fans need to start blaming their team for not getting five outs and winning the next game.

Answer 2

I think it's messed up that they blamed losing on Bartman.  Moises Alou is a big whiner(not to mention the fact that he pees on his hands).  The Cubs still had chances to win the series against the Marlins and blew it.  So whoever keeps crying about the Bartman incident can just shut the h**l up and get over it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 3

I agree with Shiloh.

Answer 4

I heard he got a s*x change.. poor guy. He should have simply moved to the south side and became a Sox Fan with balls... Oh well.

Answer 5

It should be the owner of that goat!  LOL!

Answer 6

I really can't find anyone... Guy is gonna get killed at that convention.

Answer 7

LOL  The White Sox fans love him  LOL

Answer 8

Orioles fans will say it's Jeffery Maier, the kid who leaned over the right field fence in Game 1 of the '96 ALCS and took what probably would have been a Derek Jeter flyout and made it into a home run. I'm sure Tony Tarasco, the ex-O's right fielder who got robbed, is still mad at him. I KNOW O's fans (including an old girlfriend of mine) are still salty at him. Me? I just laugh it away. (Besides, I always tell any O's fan who dares to say that the O's would have won the ALCS that they won ZERO games at home during that series.)

To me, Bartman is probably the correct answer. But he's also unfairly blamed. Even after he interfered with Alou's chance to catch the foul ball, the Cubs still had chances to win that game and the series. It's not his fault the Marlins came back and dusted the Cubs. Sure, we don't know what could have happened. But remember, the Cubs still had opportunities to end the d**n thing and didn't. Bartman is a scapegoat, nothing more. The real blame, in my opinion, falls on the Cubs players for messing up and not closing the deal.

Answer 9

So, if I wear a "McCain/Bartman" 2008" shirt to Chicago next month, some people might get upset????

Answer 10

Steve Bartman is why I'm an ex-Cub fan. They screwed that kid. They were 5 outs from winning and they blame a fan! They are a pathetic organization. From the goat, to the day baseball and a black cat, it's always about excuses. BTW, I'm old enough to remember the black cat at Shea......They left Bartman out to dry. It's disgraceful.

Answer 11

what about that kid who interfered with jeter's "homer" against baltimore a few years ago? I'm thinking alot of oriole fans hate him...and then there is don denkenger, the umpire that blew the call in the '85 WS, i'm sure there are some in st louis who um, find him, uh "not liked"...but yeah, until the cubs win, bartman will not be well spoken/thought of  by cub fans.

And an aside to "opinionated" (above): the question was someone NOT affiliated with a team...i'm pretty sure if you ask a red sox fan, they will say bucky was definitely affiliated with those "lovable yankees"--and they will no doubt be more than happy to tell you bucky's "middle" name...

Answer 12

Steve Bartman was only a puppet of the mystical forces behind the Curse of the Billy Goat. It was his fate to catch that ball, and keep the curse intact.

Answer 13

it sucks to be him, but he can get some real money quick though.  

they say he can make $25000 if he just shows up at teh memorabilia show in suburban Chicago and signs just one picture of him catching that ball.

Answer 14

Many Bo Sox fans will tell you it's Bucky Dent.

He was the shortstop for the Yankees in the 1978 World Series that hit a 3 run homer to break a tie game and clinch the series for the Yanks.

Answer 15

sadly it is probably bartman. u know from all the videos and stuff i ever saw of that play i never really thought that Alou had a chance to catch the ball. any1 agree?

Answer 16

Bartman did what everyone other fan in the world would have done.  Reach for a foul ball.  THE SECOND REASON WHY FANS GO TO THE GAME.  1. Beer 2. The opportunity to catch a foul ball.  Steve Bartman (said this on the other question) is a scapegoat for them sucking so badly, with 5 outs left...

Answer 17

No, on the southside he's the best cubs "fan" there possibly can be.

He's even a scapegoat for "fans" no longer being "fans".

Answer 18

I think it's the guy who brought the goat to the 45 World Series and supposedly started the curse. But then again Steve Bartman did kind of help him.