NSIAP - Steve Bartman To Receive a 2016 Chicago Cubs World Series Championship Ring..

I think this is pretty freakin' awesome..

CHICAGO — A WGN News exclusive — Steve Bartman is receiving an official Chicago Cubs 2016 World Series Championship ring as a special gift from the Ricketts family and the Cubs organization.

Steve Bartman to Receive 2016 Chicago Cubs World Series Championship Ring

That is really nice. I hope the news reaches him in the cave he has been hiding in deep in the Himalayas.

Turtleneck wrote:That is really nice. I hope the news reaches him in the cave he has been hiding in deep in the Himalayas.

I was thinking the same thing.

in the linked article, he actually issues a public statement about it..

gHost Spartan wrote:Fucking Cubbies would have won the World Series a decade earlier hadn't it been for him. Fuck Bartman.

I didn't know it was his fault they blew game 6 and went on to get crushed in game 7.

gHost Spartan wrote:Fucking Cubbies would have won the World Series a decade earlier hadn't it been for him. Fuck Bartman.

^ Grew up in Jersey. Attended Michigan State. Lived in Arizona. Angry Cubs fan.

Sounds like a participation trophy to me.

steveschneider wrote:Sounds like a participation trophy to me.

Probably more like "Hey, our fanbase is irrational and was really fucking stupid all those years ago. Here you go, man. Sorry for ruining your life for a decade-plus."

steveschneider wrote:Sounds like a participation trophy to me.

people can call it whatever they want.

Death Roe wrote:

steveschneider wrote:Sounds like a participation trophy to me.

Probably more like "Hey, our fanbase is irrational and was really fucking stupid all those years ago. Here you go, man. Sorry for ruining your life for a decade-plus."

And he's still gonna get his ass kicked, and now they're going to steal his ring.

tGreenWay wrote:

Death Roe wrote:

Probably more like "Hey, our fanbase is irrational and was really fucking stupid all those years ago. Here you go, man. Sorry for ruining your life for a decade-plus."

And he's still gonna get his ass kicked, and now they're going to steal his ring.

If I were him I'd just sell that thing. You know someone would pay an absurd amount to have that ring, even though his last name is engraved on it.

Death Roe wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:

And he's still gonna get his ass kicked, and now they're going to steal his ring.

If I were him I'd just sell that thing. You know someone would pay an absurd amount to have that ring, even though his last name is engraved on it.

I don't think that would endear him to the Ricketts family.
If it were the Tigers and it was me, I'd never let it go. But the Tigers aren't winning a WS in my lifetime, so it doesn't matter to me.

Death Roe wrote:

steveschneider wrote:Sounds like a participation trophy to me.

Probably more like "Hey, our fanbase is irrational and was really fucking stupid all those years ago. Here you go, man. Sorry for ruining your life for a decade-plus."

Should Bill Buckner get a 2004 WS ring from the Red Sox?

steveschneider wrote:

Death Roe wrote:

Probably more like "Hey, our fanbase is irrational and was really fucking stupid all those years ago. Here you go, man. Sorry for ruining your life for a decade-plus."

Should Bill Buckner get a 2004 WS ring from the Red Sox?

Fuck that.

Floyd Robertson wrote:

steveschneider wrote:

Should Bill Buckner get a 2004 WS ring from the Red Sox?

Fuck that.

I feel the same way about Bartman getting a ring.

I want a Rose Bowl ring for surviving JLS.

I bet it's the crap ring the employees got and not the real one the players got.

gHost Spartan wrote:

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:I bet it's the crap ring the employees got and not the real one the players got.

What's the difference? Fake instead of real diamonds?

The real ones are dipped in beach shit.

Turtleneck wrote:

gHost Spartan wrote: What's the difference? Fake instead of real diamonds?

The real ones are dipped in beach shit.

gHost Spartan wrote:Fucking Cubbies would have won the World Series a decade earlier hadn't it been for him. Fuck Bartman.

No they would have won if Alex Gonzalez would have fielder the routine grounder on the next pitch

How did they get ahold of him? Does he actually want to speak publicly? Dudes life has been ruined by those fans.

What the fuck - BobbySaks starting an quasi-sports related thread.

Must be one of the signs of the apocalypse

Wally Fairway wrote:What the fuck - BobbySaks starting an quasi-sports related thread.

Must be one of the signs of the apocalypse

I don't know if you've noticed, but I've turned over a new leaf at tSwill..

I ain't sayin' that I won't perpetuate the snark when justified, but I love each and every one of you dearly.... so I have made the conscious decision over the last few months to back off of the anti-sports persona.

you guys are all great Americans and great Spartans.

GO GREEN!!

I noticed Bobby. I just thought I would let you know.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

Wally Fairway wrote:What the fuck - BobbySaks starting an quasi-sports related thread.

Must be one of the signs of the apocalypse

I don't know if you've noticed, but I've turned over a new leaf at tSwill..

I ain't sayin' that I won't perpetuate the snark when justified, but I love each and every one of you dearly.... so I have made the conscious decision over the last few months to back off of the anti-sports persona.

you guys are all great Americans and great Spartans.

GO GREEN!!

Huh - good to hear, I only come around every week or so when MSU sports aren't being contested. So this was shocking for me.

Wally Fairway wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote: I don't know if you've noticed, but I've turned over a new leaf at tSwill..

I ain't sayin' that I won't perpetuate the snark when justified, but I love each and every one of you dearly.... so I have made the conscious decision over the last few months to back off of the anti-sports persona.

you guys are all great Americans and great Spartans.

GO GREEN!!

Huh - good to hear, I only come around every week or so when MSU sports aren't being contested. So this was shocking for me.

Yeah, well, it's really boring.

InTenSity wrote:I noticed Bobby. I just thought I would let you know.

thanks man.. I'm basically a (almost) 48 year old child who needs positive reinforcement as it relates to behavioral changes.

so your statement means a lot.

Turtleneck wrote:

Wally Fairway wrote:
Huh - good to hear, I only come around every week or so when MSU sports aren't being contested. So this was shocking for me.

Yeah, well, it's really boring.