John Kass apologizes to Steve Bartman
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass was at the now famous Cubs game where Steve Bartman caught the ball. Kass apologizes to Bartman for the things he said at the game. For more video, visit chicagotribune...., subscribe to this channel, or follow us @TribVideo.
What Chicago and the media did to that poor man was awful. Everyone should be ashamed of themselves.
logwind yeah, Chicago should be ashamed.
logwind speaking as a yankee fan, if Bartman was a yankee fan and did the same thing, it would have been a lot of worse.
They ruined his life. They should be ashamed.
Chicago strung out half sober while the other half addicted..alll the gun violence
The Tv station and the media were to blame for keeping the cameras pointed at him and releasing his info to the public. Total scumbags
The Cubs choked and they blamed on Bartman. SMH
The Cubs organization and the players publicly said that it wasn't Bartman's fault immediately after the series.
They sure are classy in Shit-cago. Ugh.
MrOuchiez yeah, they have freaking Jordan and complain about the cubs never winning until now.
the problem is the cubs... the problem is the human element of caring your team going to world series... yet there was no chance they were every going to win..... 5 outs.... still when that play happen fla could of came bck.... without that play.... for him to assuming he couldn't of caught isn't ok he reach but so did feilder
MrOuchiez *Yeah we are. The Cubs organization said it was not his fault. After they did win the World Series, Steve Bartman received a World Series ring. Bartman chose not do interviews. That is his choice. So many people apologized to him in so many ways, but the simple TRUTH is that you cannot go back and change things. The fans were frustrated at the time. I don't blame them for their frustration anymore than I blame Steve Bartman. Other people had their hands out too. It just happened that Bartman had a glove. End of story. Move on.*
"I was there at the game.'
So far, 100,000 people were at the game.
lol, awesome comment
pigjubby1 probably a lot more. Considering that it was the cubs going to the ws but didn't because they had horrible staffers.
100,000 people? There is not a ballpark that seats that many people.
It's called the Seville calculator, when Glasgow Celtic conned their way to the UEFA cup final in Seville, Spain in 2003 apparently 150,000 (and still counting ) were there. 🇬🇧🇬🇧
The wrong spot 2 use Seville as reference lol, Uefa Cup Final between Seville & Celtic just a complete different language in this comment section, the Seville calculator lol. Good 1
Steve Bartman did nothing wrong when he caught the ball. I feel sorry for him. Steve Bartman deserves nothing but happiness. The Chicago Cubs lost the opportunity to win the world series. not Steve Bartman.
wow really? why he would have done what any fan would have done
oh grow up its just a game
He got his ring , hopefully everything is made right now
100%
Kass, too little too late. You and ALL cUB fans deserve what they got
+Peno Greaseyo its' not too late you moron. Yes damage is done, but the guy realized what he did was wrong. Better late than never. Most people would never even admit they were wrong.
+curtsher11 it's idiotic that he found the will to apologize ten years later.
+curtsher11
No, sometimes it's best to leave it alone. His charter was proven.
The irony of this is that Kass is a south side White Sox fan.
ALL Cub's fans? Dumbest comment on CZcams. We'll done jackass.
Not a baseball fan, but this reached out far beyond baseball fans. They ruined this poor guy's life. Correct me if I'm wrong but every article I've read said nobody has heard from Bartman since. Like it was said in the video, he didn't make the Cubs choke and lose. Every fan who goes to those games hopes a foul ball comes their way. It's instinct to catch it. I hope the media and fans who dragged this guy's name through the mud are ashamed of themselves and hope Bartman eventually found peace after enduring the nonsense and ridicule he didn't deserve for so many years.
jetshockey5 Wow that's sad. What a world we live in....smh
jetshockey5 they found also in part due this guy in the video, paper that he writes for, they published his name and place that Bartman worked. smh
Vic Raffle u know what I might have gotten the paper wrong, it may have been the Chi Sun Times that first published his name and place of employment but Ive been hearing conflicting reports of either the Tribune, Sun Times or both? My money's on both, whoever was looking to embarass the crap out of this guy even further smh.
Vic Raffle And they won't have him to blame either lol
Vic Raffle well they won but some are "forgiving" him ( including that asshike Cuthbert from the ESPN doc about this) umm its the other way around.
"I'm sorry Steve. You're the only one, out of the whole thing, that had honor." That was a damn fine apology. This guy didn't apologize because the Cubs finally won, a Sox fan, he apologized because he genuinely felt bad. Respect. And anyone who wished harm on him, is a horrible person you can't deny that.
Just realized I made a comment 4 years ago. Rewatching CZcams I guess..
He did it out of fear not honour. Psychotic Boston degens
A dam fine apology? I guess you’ve never been apologized too 😂
@@forrest_lost2650 tell me a better way to apologize. And it's "to" not "too."
@@xjcrossx lol a dam fine apology is right. Steve is someone to look up to
No I still wanna try to beat the shit out of him john Honestly has the type of personality I would make you want to beat the ever living life out of him I said it before and I'll say it again. The cubs fans are monsters And they will turn on their own fan base over this They destroyed that it is that man's life over a baseball game
Steve did what I and anyone else would have done. It was not his fault. All the grief he has received is not fair and makes Cubs fans look like idiots. Alou threw a temper tantrum that would have shamed a 6 year old girl. Dusty Baker should have had all the players meet at the mound to settle things down, but he did not. Mark Prior was rattled. Alex Gonzalez made a costly error. The Cubs choked it away. Hell, the choked away a 4-0 lead in Game 1 and lost it.
The ball didn't even hit Bartman's hands first. It slipped out of another fan's hand and ricocheted off his
I can remember that Bill Buckner went through this as a player in game six of the 1986 World Series and he did not deserve what what happened to him and neither doe's Steve Bartman.
i forgot about that error from alex gonzalez. I always wondered why people blamed steve and not alex gonzalez for that error. If he made that play he would have gotten a double play
Sports fans are incredibly toxic
Not anyone. /
other people were trying to catch the ball too
Ikr you could see that like 5+ people were trying to catch the ball
it looked more like they were trying to bat Bartman's arms down.
Bat his arm down with their baseball mitts?
And whoever caught that ball would've probably gotten the same treatment as Steve
The guy sitting next to him owns a bar in Chicago that was on an episode of Bar Rescue.
the Cubs organization invited him back, offered him a vip appearance, and many fans expressed deep sympathies and sorrow to him. he'd actually get donations from the sympathetic fans and he'd give them away to diabetes organizations because of Ron santo. some fans even tried raising money to send him to the wild card game last year and he still turned it down. I really hope one day that he knows how sorry we are and that we really want him back at Wrigley.
No we don’t
@@jvjustvibes9103 shut tf up your team is shit
@@jvjustvibes9103 you're a douche bag. How wonderful for the people in your life
@@jvjustvibes9103 how much of a loser do you have to be to say that? I honestly wonder what it takes to truly think that... It's a game, cubs won the chip later, seriously get a life if you think otherwise. Bartmans headphones prove he was there to escape life and worry bout balls and strikes. Chill out dude, enjoy life.
@@jvjustvibes9103 zip it, subhuman trash
Die hard cub fan who can proudly say I never once put an ounce of blame on him. Didn’t deserve any of it.
I heard about Steve Bartman after that game but when I watched the ESPN documentary, there was so much more that I didn't know. Shame on those who belittled, mocked, and made his life unbearable.
Good job dude. This is way too late to apologise dude. 10 years later
You should of apologized for leaking his home address and work address…. You’re lucky he didn’t take this to court.
that’s not Illegal pal lol
@@SupraFootwear2013how not?
Doesn’t have to be illegal for it to be a total punk move.
Saying you’re sorry is not going to be enough to make Steve Bartman feel better after everyone treated him so poorly.
I blame Alou for a lot of this. He acted like a petulant child after Bartman touched the ball. If he felt that it was fan interference, then he should have protested to the umpires, not berated Bartman. Latin temper.
He really did. His hissy fit caused everyone to go in a frenzy, might've caught Prior off of his game.
+trwent
I'm not much of a baseball fan.... but could never understand how a game could be created where there is even a chance for fan interference of this nature
trwent what does white temper entail? Shooting up a school?
Yes & Baker to Alou is a liar I have 0 respect for cause he was behaving afterwards like I had it I had it then he flip flopped.
I have zero respect for Alou...to this day he never even said he could've acted a little bit different than the way he did. Why didn't he blame Baker for letting Prior forever in that game? Why didn't he blame his teammate Alex Gonzalez for that error, why didn't he blame the pitchers who were given up hit after hit after hit in that inning? He's an idiot.
I feel so bad for him. He seems like a pacifist. Poor guy, he should throw the first pitch at a home game.
Just watched the ESPN documentary about Bartman, Catching Hell. And I can honestly say that I hope the Cubs never win a World Series.
Hey dwide choke cubs choke what a joke hey chicago what you say the cubs are gonna lose today
Well, that's not a lot to ask lol
And here above we see why the whole Steve Bartman incident got so big.
+Lou McGrizzy They still won't win. They will choke.
They just end up winning everything else NBA titles and Stanley Cups.
Pause at 1:43. Every single person is watching the ball, except for the guy towards the bottom holding up his hands wanting to be on camera. lol
That's nice. Very heartfelt. I too feel sorry for Steve.
Had I been sitting in his seat at that game and saw the ball coming right at me, I'd have very likely done the same.
Bartman's interference wasn't even the inning-ending out - Juan Pierre doubled with 1 out and Mark Prior was 110 pitches in by the time he threw that infamous pitch to Louis Castillo. Prior led the majors in pitches per start that year, but EVEN with that it just isn't smart to keep him in that game with a 3-0 lead that clinches the pennant. If Prior had come out after 7 IP, I fully believe the Cubs would have won that game.
Dusty Baker lost your pennant, folks. Not some guy with a pair of headphones.
Also if u look closely u can see that alou wouldnt even have caught the ball
@@henrylowenthal1497 and plenty of other fans reached for it, Bartman was just the one who happened to touch it
The fact bartman caught hell and Buckner went to his grave with people still giving him hell is really sad
Sorry is not enough :(
Funny how the Cubs want to forgive Steve after they win the World Series.
I know, right? Not any time in the intervening 13 years. The Cubs and their fans were a bunch of punks to have let this happen to Steve Bartman.
Steve Bartman and Bill Buckner shared a lot of similarities in each of their situations. Buckner has something terrible happen to him on the biggest stage in sports, and was vilified for it by Boston fans and media alike, and like Dan Patrick said he answered every question and he took the blame for it, and it wasn’t until after they went after his family that he finally said enough, and moved his family to Idaho, away from it all. The fact that he returned to Boston years later, had to be gut-wrenching for him. Bartman never took a dime, never capitalized on the situation, and has never been back to Wrigley since then. I hate it for Bartman , because it took the joy from what he had for the game and turned it into pain and sorrow.
As a White Sox fan, yea I felt really bad for Steve, and some of the Cubs fans. But I was also kinda happy that this happened. For years, and even still now us fans on the south side get all kinds of verbal hazing and are accused of being ruthless, arrogant, violent and trashy. Well, this exposed how the cubs collective faithful truly is. A bunch of entitled pricks that talk the most shit especially this season, yet they don't have a winning resume AT ALL
Shame. Ruined his life. Not like the cubs didn’t have a whole new ball game [7] to win
The Cubs were way-ahead in that game already, and completely folded after that play. They still had another game, and blew that game as well. Bartman did not lose the game for the Cubs by catching a foul ball only 1 foot over the field-side of the wall. The Cubs blatantly failed themselves.
I appreciate him apologizing but man.. they really all were just looking for someone to blame.. its such a shame they were all so horrible to him over such a simple mistake
All the people around Bartman in the stands didn't seem too mad at him afterwards. All of a sudden minutes later they decide to harass him?
At least someone is apologizing and asking Steve Bartman for forgiveness.
Steve should be the one apologizing. Cost the Cubs THE WORLD SERIES. Smh
@@jvjustvibes9103man shut the fuck up. Your ass is just trolling
@@jvjustvibes9103 Go home moron.
@@jvjustvibes9103your an idiot smh.
@@jvjustvibes9103Eight runs. Yeah, that was his fault. Dweeb.
steve deserves respect because he has never made an appearance since. it’s cool that he let it go and washed his hands of it.
The worst part about this is that he isn't the only fan reaching for it. He should have thought ahead of time what NOT to do in that situation, as a Cubs fan in a series-clinching game...aside from not being the only fan going for it, he didn't reach out too terribly far. It was so soooo close to the fence and he's looking up. I believe most fans would have done the same as him in that situation..unless they thought ahead of time "DONT GO FOR A FOUL BALL"....we will never know what would have been had he not interfered, unfortunately.
I’m not Steve Bartman
Right on
Too little too late. This hardly seems like a heart felt apology.
Looks like a QVC commercial.... Tell me John, you are really sorry, how can we reach out to him. For only 4 payments of 29.99 you can apologize to Steve Bartman.
Don't aploogize to someone that is stupid. You need to have common sense when attending a baseball game.
I’m not a baseball fans but that was atrocious what the fans did to him
Bartman showed no emotion at all which freaked people out even more. He's a weird duck and was easy to hate at the time.
Steve Bartman did NOTHING wrong.
I feel bad for this guy he had an entire stadium booing at him and I think it's bad enough for a school population laugh or boo at you and he's probably so depressed probably more than me
This why I never take any sports to serious
Poor dude, with that being said he should’ve taken interviews & commercials and taken the few million that was offered to you.
Yeah for a few million I would've taken it. I'd have the last laugh over most of the people at that game who won't even make that in their lifetime.
That woman beside him was annoying. NO, not because she’s a woman, she didn’t read the guy well to know he genuinely wanted to have a serious moment and she kept interrupting him. No one cares, Lady, that you were at the game also.
This was well overdue. I'm thankful he did the right thing in the end. But for what felt like a lifetime, I hated this man with everything in my being. He avoided hell today.
This is what happens when grown men watch other grown men catch balls...
Orwell was right about sports...It's warfare without the guns and bombs. The irrational, and illogical, the unfairness and the anger and the hate ...it is all there.
Oh now it’s ok when the drought is over but when it was all going down not a single Cubs fan helped him out. Lost all respect for that “great” and “loyal” fan base.
Ur an idiot
Sad people take a SPORT this seriously
Bartman was scapegoated,i can't blame him that he doesn't want to give interviews. the Cubs organization should give him tickets for life, for the hell they put him through, he should've also sued fox and the Chicago Tribune for exposing his address to the public.
fuck humanity poor guy stay strong its just a fucking game
He should apologize to Bartman. Moises Alou is to blame for the Cubs losing that game.
Alou is a disgrace plan & simple.
As a Cubs fan, I hate Moises Alou. Bartman would have been able to continue watching the game normally and nothing would have happened to him had Alou not thrown a big fucking hissy fit about a ball he wasn't going to catch anyway.
Have you not heard of a man named Alex Gonzalez?
They still wouldn't be apologizing if they hadn't won a WS.
This video came out before the ws win
Several went after it. Steve was the scapegoat
If you look closely, Bartman didn’t even tip the ball. It was the guy next to him. Bartman did hit it also but it wasn’t his fault.
He did the same as any other fan sitting in that seat would have done. Bartman had nothing to do with the Cubs choking. Gonzalez muffed double play was the start of the choke. Gonzalez makes the play the Cubs are out of the inning and chances are they would have gone on to the world series.
Chicago and Cubs fans should really be ashamed of themselves. Compared to them, I actually have respect for Philadelphia fans after that.
I know sports fans in Philly act like children at games and throw stuff, but I've never known them to needlessly ruin a man's entire life just because the team lost.
Exactly so. Philly fans will shout and curse in frustration on the way out the stadium after a losing game, but then it’s over and tomorrow is a new day.
The Chicago Cubs handled this like a bunch of punks.
One of the best 30 for 30s.
I agree, as I live here in the hell hole of the world, Chicago.
If I'm Steve Bartman hell no I'm not accepting your apology
Then he's a better man than u child
They'll never win another one.
CUBS 2016 World Champions
Ryan Alfter Hell yeah!!! 😄🔵🔴🔵🔴
They Apologize only when the the team win a series,
Took over 10 Years to Apologize, WHAT A JOKE
I say if the Cubs make it to the World Series or win it! They try and convince him to throw out the ceremonial first pitch either at the World Series or Opening Day 2017.
Steve Bartman I mean not this guy..
lol yea, that's what I had always thought. They ought to have him throw the first pitch at the start of the World Series, who cares if they don't win it, they owe it to Steve.
congrats man :}
Bartman doesn't want to be seen in public...as our great president Theo Epstein said, he deserves to be left alone. All the media retards and idiotic fans are too stupid to understand this.
@@snes4u no they don’t
one of the few times a decided to watch a game,and i watch this and i laughed all day and night,i lived in chicago and was aware of the self imposed curse,and when this happened i knew the cubs would choke,they needed an excuse and they got it
NOW, since the Cubs have finally won a world series, the fans should un-knot their panties and leave Bartman alone. No, a better idea, he should throw out the first pitch on opening day 2017 and name a suite after him.
Hey, in this day in age, I give major credit to anyone who CHOOSES to avoid publicity and turns down a dime of easy money. Way to go Steve Bartman, good for you!
"your the only one during the whole thing that had honor."
Yeah because your team won. And that just the thing that makes you say sorry to him what a none sense. Maybe if your team didn't won you still wouldn't say sorry to him😒
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Now they boo Krause's wife.
Up yours John
Steve shoulda just went to comisky n started over wit the sox lol
The Cubs deserve another century of misery
Nope we deserve a championship 2016 cry harder
Nobody talks about that's several other fans were going for the ball as well and also Alex Gonzalez made the error and also the Cubs won the world Series in 2016 so everyone needs to move
Your apology don't mean sht
CUBS FAN HERE, CUBS BLEW THE LEAD AND BLAMED IT ON BARTMAN. HONESTLY THE DEFINITION OF SORE LOSERS. And I love the cubs but like it’s embarrassing. That outfielder had zero class, I doubt in 2016 or even now one of our outfielders would have been far more composed if that happened. Him throwing a huge fit amplified the hate of the surrounding fans
Better late than never!!! Some people still hate Bartman!! Hopefully that changes tonite!!!!
This is y Cubs ain't winning a world series
Quin hey same thing I said the warriors wouldn't lose up 3-1 so we can both hold a L
Lmao ok
How did that work out idiot
He deserves a float in the parade
Look how many people reached for the ball.
i dont see how he would have caught it. it was over the fence anyway.
10 years too late for an apology
Chicago Tribune released his address
It was just as much as the pitchers fault int hat game for choking , Then it was that Bartman reached his arms out to catch the ball . For all we know the ball may have never been caught at all by Moises Alou.
it was their shortstops. he dropped a fucking simple double-play that is turn 999 times out of 1,000
No, NOT 999 times out of 1000. You are obviously a math ignoramus who has absolutely NO grasp of numbers. Maybe 95 times out of 100, but NOT 999 times out of 1000.
@@trwent #LateReply when you typed this did you take the time to think about if it even mattered.
Alou couldn't of caught that ball anyway
@Don Comer there's no need for that.
Bartman wouldn't have been blamed at all if Alou didn't throw a big fucking hissy fit
Shame on that team blaming fan for their lose only loser do that
It was pretty messed up what happened to him.
I was at the game.
Why was he taken down alone? The guy in grey shirt was responsible too.
I really hope Bartman has seen this! I hate the Cubs can't stand them. But I'm glad they won ONLY because Steve Bartman deserved better than everything he got!
He looks like Robert DiNero.
Well Steve did get a World Series ring.
at Yankees stadium first row always the conversation comes up what to do if the ball comes into the stands. this back in the 80's, 90's, 2000's. if the Yankees are at bat we play defense and dont allow a catch by opposing team. if the Yankees are on defense we ALLOW them to catch it come into the stands to make any catch. but I guess in Chicago this conversation doesnt come up. remember Jeter flying into the stands against Red Sox. no one tried to catch the ball. in chicago what was said its human nature to try for the ball. WRONG not when your team is on defense.
Is she delusional?
i wonder if the Indians dont choke a 3-1 lead, is this guy still apologizing, fuck no!!!
Doesn't surprise me that this came from Shit-cago.
#forgivestevebartman
You can’t blame bartman, you should blame the cubs for giving up an 8 run inning
Clearly you don’t know much about the game of baseball
@@jvjustvibes9103clearly you are a dumbass. Up 3-1 in the series. Gonzalez could have turned a double play to get out of the inning. O yeah you were up in Game 7 to. Choke Choke Choke. What a stupid idiot you really are
@@jvjustvibes9103It was a foul ball! And they were still up by three runs VERY late in the game. If the Cubs were actually determined to win this game they would've treated this as a little hiccup and actually focused on putting the Marlins away.
Do u guys know pay attention to your neighbors means cold in southside?
Is it only Me who thinks this Man Resembles Robert Deniro?.
Could be the ugliest scenario in baseball history, disgusting what Chicago fans did. Ten people reached for that ball, 90% of others in that seat woulf have done the same.