It was just a few months ago that Moises Alou (supposedly!) exonerated Cubs Nü-Goat Steve Bartman for "ruining" the Cubs "World Series." It's one of the more stupid ongoing Cubs traditions, this Bartman nonsense, but hey, us Cubs fans are stupid. Just ask Marty Brennaman. Anyway, Alou said then that Bartman wasn't to blame for the missed out, that Alou wouldn't have caught the ball anyway. Now he says he never said that. Nice:
"I don't remember that. If I said that, I was probably joking to make [Bartman] feel better. But I don't remember saying that."Well, how nice of you, Moises. Do us one last polite favor, if you would: Go away. No one in their right mind should care about the Bartman play anymore -- especially Mike Downey, whose bizarre inquest ended up with Alou's backtrack in today's Chicago Tribune. Least of all Alou. As 'Duk notes, it doesn't matter whose fault it was, because the Cubs didn't get five outs and they lost and the series was over the next night and a bunch of people (including me) cried and oh my God why are we even talking about this. The Cubs are the best team in baseball. In June. For the first time since 1908.
Just. Shut. Up.
