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The kid could be seen, on film, in replay's, describing how the ball hit his hand. In a later interview the kid said the ball hit his hand. But the ball was directly in line with the fair pole, and it didnt make any difference. It would have hit the fair pole directly in the middle.

So what are the chances of the same type of thing happening twice, in the same playoff series, over in the NLCS, a couple of days later?
Last night, with 5 outs to go, a foul ball that in my opinion drifted back into fair territory, was grabbed out of Moises Alou's glove, which would have been the second out, and was not called fan interference. This cost the Cubs the series winning game, and it was "Jeffery Maier all over again".
Whats funny is that ESPN, just two days ago, did an interview with Jeffery Maire, who is all grown up and a pretty good college ball player, of all things, and he says that he knew, he knew, as soon as the controversy insued, his name would be mentioned again. He has had to live this down for years now. Being a Yankee fan, he says the first two or three days were great. He was 12, and he loved the attention, but had no idea how hated he would be everywhere else in the country, and that everytime a fan interfered with a ball, his name would be mentioned.
And sure enough, in the Cub game last night, his name was mentioned again......"another Jeffery Maire incident"!
If the Cubs should go on to loose their chance to go to the world series, this poor guy, (who did what anyone would do at a ball game...try and grab a souvenier)and who asked to be un-named, will be absolutely hated by the Cubbie faithful. He will be reviled by his own friends, divorced by his wife, fired from his job, beat up on the streets of Chicago....and the tragedy is that he is a "hope to die" Cub fan! Too sad and too bad. I know the guy just reacted and wanted a foul ball, but when your at your teams home field, and theres a chance your team can make an out, and its the WORLD SERIES were talking about, you get the heck outta the way, give your team a chance to make the out.
Poor dude. You gotta hope that the cubs win tonight, just so that this guy can live out the rest of his life without having to hide his face, and being interviewed every year at playoff time for the next 30 years.
RLM