Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: I te tau 2004, i whetū a Bernie Mac hei kaitakaro poitūkohu kua reti i te kiriata "Mr. 3000". I roto i te 2003 National League Championship Series, waiata Mac "Tangohia ahau ki te Ball Game" i Wrigley Field ki te Chicago Cubs ārahi i te Florida Marlins i roto i te raupapa 3 kēmu ki te 2 me i roto i te Game 6 e te 2<unk>0 kaute i te wa (e hohoro i te reira 3<unk>0 i roto i te raro o te 7th). Hei utu mo te kī "pūtake, pūtake, pūtake mō ngā Cubbies" ka mea a Mac, "pūtake, pūtake, pūtake mō ngā toa!, ngā toa!" I ngaro te kēmu a ngā Cubs i muri i te
Ko te raruraru a Steve Bartman me te raupapa, me etahi o nga kaiwhaiwhai e kii ana i awhina a Mac ki te awhina i nga Cubs. I whakaae a Mac i muri mai kua kino ia ki nga Cubs o te Raki ki te Raki i tona ao katoa, he kaiwhaiwhai mate mo te White Sox o te Raki ki te Tonga, a i kitea ia i te wa i wikitoria ai te White Sox i te 2005 World Series i te US Cellular Field. Ko Mac te tau 72 i runga i te rārangi o te Comedy Central o ngā 100 o ngā tūtohi tino nui o ngā wā katoa. I te Poutu-te-rangi 19, 2007, i kii a Mac ki a David Letterman i runga i te CBS "Late Show" ka mutu tana mahi 30 tau i muri i tana whakaari i te kiriata whakakatakata, "Te Pono Katoa, Kaore he mea ke atu i te Pono, Na Awhina Mai ki a Mac". "Ka mahi tonu ahau i taku whakaputa, i aku kiriata, engari e hiahia ana ahau ki te koa ki taku koiora", i kii a Mac ki a Letterman. "I ngaro ahau i te rota o nga mea, e matau ana koe. I mahi au hei kaitākaro huarahi mō te rua tau. I haere ahau ki nga karapu i te tau 1977 a i runga i te huarahi 47 wiki i roto i te tau. "