Alou at one point recanted, saying he would not have been able to make the play, but later said this was just an attempt to make Bartman feel better and believing the whole incident should be forgotten.

Prior, who was the winner in Game 2, was on the mound for the infamous Steve Bartman / Moisés Alou foul ball incident in Game 6.

Sarah " Saartjie " Baartman ( before 1790 – 29 December 1815 ) ( also spelled Bartman, Bartmann, Baartmen ) was the most famous of at least two Khoikhoi women who were exhibited as freak show attractions in 19th-century Europe under the name Hottentot Venus —" Hottentot " as the then-current name for the Khoi people, now considered an offensive term, and " Venus " in reference to the Roman goddess of love.

When they were eliminated in the seventh game the next day, the " Steve Bartman incident " was seen as the turning point of the series.

Bartman was sitting in the front row along the left field corner wall behind the on-field bullpen when a pop foul off the bat of Castillo drifted toward his seat.

Shortly after the incident, Bartman released a statement, saying he was " truly sorry.

In July 2008, Bartman was offered $ 25, 000 to autograph a picture of himself at National Sports Collectors Convention in Rosemont, Illinois, but he refused the offer.

In Game 6 of the National League Championship Series against the Florida Marlins that year, Alou was involved in the Steve Bartman incident, in which a Cubs fan named Steve Bartman deflected a foul ball landing one row into the stands, preventing Alou, who reached into the stands, from attempting to catch the ball for an out that could have been the second out of the 8th Inning.

Later he denied making such a statement and said if he had, it was only to make Bartman feel better.

Bart sings a portion of the song " Do the Bartman " and Ralph Wiggum comments that it " is so 1991 ", which was when the song was released.

Castillo was a central figure in the NLCS Game 6 comeback by the Marlins against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field after a foul ball that he hit was knocked away from the Cubs ' Moisés Alou by fan Steve Bartman.

At the time when the game was released, the " Bartman " alter ego was popular in merchandise relating to The Simpsons, although the character rarely appeared in the television series.

" Do the Bartman " was never officially released as a single in the United States, but placed first on the singles charts in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom.

The first single from it was the pop rap song " Do the Bartman ", performed by Bart Simpson's voice actor Nancy Cartwright and released on November 20, 1990.

This song was reported early on to be " Do the Bartman ", but executive producer James L. Brooks issued a press release in September 1990 apologizing for the misunderstanding and stating that song was actually written by one of Jackson's friends, Bryan Loren.

However, The Simpsons creator Matt Groening revealed during an appearance at the 1998 World Animation Celebration convention in Pasadena, California that " Do the Bartman " was actually co-written and co-produced by Jackson, but he could not receive credit for it because he was under contract to another record label.

Jackson was a fan of The Simpsons, especially Bart, and had called the producers one night offering to write Bart a number one single and do a guest spot on the show, which is how " Do the Bartman " came about.

It has been reported that Jackson also provided background vocals for " Do the Bartman ".

" Deep, Deep Trouble " was released in early 1991 as the second single from The Simpsons Sing the Blues after " Do the Bartman ", which also features Bart rapping.

When " Do the Bartman " was released it was also accompanied by a music video, which ended up being nominated for Best Special Effects at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards and becoming the number one music video on the American network MTV.

The Steve Bartman incident occurred during a Major League Baseball playoff game between the Chicago Cubs and the Florida Marlins on October 14, 2003, at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

Many fans associated the Bartman incident with the Curse of the Billy Goat, allegedly laid on the Cubs during the 1945 World Series after Billy Sianis and his pet goat were ejected from Wrigley Field.

* Steve Bartman interfered with a play while attempting to catch a foul ball, causing the Chicago Cubs not to get an out in " The Inning " during the NLCS.

" ( The Superfans themselves could be considered part of that group: Bart Swerski claimed during the Update segment that the desire to exact retribution on Bartman had united the people of Chicago as never before, and Uncle Bob said he arrived late because he had been at church, praying for divine assistance in hunting him down.

* Steve Bartman incident, the Chicago Cubs fan who gained exposure during the 2003 National League Championship Series

* 2003 – Chicago Cubs fan Steve Bartman becomes infamously known as the scapegoat for the Cubs losing game 6 of the 2003 National League Championship Series to the Florida Marlins.

Because there were no replay boards or JumboTrons in Wrigley Field, no one in the crowd knew of Bartman until friends and family members who were watching the game on TV started calling them on cell phones, informing them of Bartman and his appearance.

Security escorted Bartman and two people that accompanied him to the game and toward the exit tunnel from the field.

" Five days after the game, a group of 13-and 14-year-old baseball players whom Bartman had coached held a rally for Bartman in a park in Northbrook.

Although much of the game could be categorized as platformer, some of the mini-games could fit in the shoot-em-up genre, particularly the Bartman and Bartzilla stages.

The Simpsons: Bartman Meets Radioactive Man is a platform game published by Acclaim in 1992 for the Nintendo Entertainment System ( NES ) and Sega Game Gear.

Bartman Meets Radioactive Man is a side-scrolling platform game.

In February 1994, the GamePro magazine gave it a 2. 5 / 5 rating, commenting that " Though it's not a toxic waste of time, Bartman meets Radioactive Man is an average game with handicaps that affect its playability and your enjoyment.

Bartman was excoriated by Cubs fans as the reason for the Cubs ' 8th inning collapse against the Florida Marlins in the sixth game of the 2003 National League Championship Series.

Bartman remained seated as the camera continuously panned live shots of him between multiple replays of the foul ball.

A Chicago Cubs fan by the name of Steve Bartman, of Northbrook, IL, reached for the ball and deflected it away from the glove of Moisés Alou for the second out of the 8th inning.

Cubs fan Steve Bartman reached for the ball, preventing Cubs LF Moises Alou from making the out and setting off an 8-run Marlins rally.

One of the fans, Steve Bartman, reached for the ball, deflecting it and disrupting a potential catch by Cubs outfielder Moisés Alou.

In the aftermath of the incident, Bartman, a lifelong Cubs fan, had to be escorted from the stadium by security guards, and received police protection for a time when his name and address were made public on MLB message boards.

The somber image of Bartman wearing a Cubs baseball cap, glasses, headset, and green turtleneck shirt became memorable.

Bartman had to be led away from the park under security escort for his own safety as many Cubs fans shouted insults toward him and others threw debris at Bartman, with one fan even dumping a cup of beer on him.

Several Cubs players publicly absolved Bartman of blame.

" Former Cubs pitcher Rick Sutcliffe said that the crowd's reactions to Bartman " crushed ".

In a 2011 interview on ESPN's Pardon the Interruption, Cubs President Theo Epstein expressed a desire for the team to reach out to Bartman.

" The Cubs won the division that year and then came within five outs of playing in the World Series but were undone by the Florida Marlins ' eight-run rally immediately following the Steve Bartman incident, which occurred the same day that Wrigley Field denied entry to a goat accompanying Sam Sianis.

This same year, sports journalist Jay Mariotti decried the negative reactions of Chicago Cubs fans to the Steve Bartman incident, which went as far as sending Bartman and his family death threats, and commented that they were making Cubs fans look like " those mopes from the Superfans skits on Saturday Night Live.