Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - N'agba nke asatọ nke ọgba ya, Luis Castillo gbara bọọlụ dị elu na-aga n'akụkụ mgbidi aka ekpe. Cubs onye na-agba n'aka ekpe Moisés Alou (onye bụbu Marlin) gara n'ebe ndị na-ege ntị iji jide bọọlụ maka ọpụpụ nke abụọ. Ka Alou na-agbatị aka maka bọọlụ ahụ, onye na-akwado Cubs bụ Steve Bartman
, tinyere ndị ọzọ nọ nso ebe ahụ, mere otu ihe ahụ. Bọọlụ ahụ si n'aka Bartman fepụ gaa n'ebe ndị na-ekiri bọl nọ. Ọ bụ ezie na ndị Cubs rịọrọ maka oku nke nnyonye anya onye ofufe, onye ọka ikpe aka ekpe Mike Everitt kpebiri na bọọlụ ahụ apụla n'ọhịa egwuregwu ma ya mere enwere ike ijide ya. Alou, onye iwe were n'ụzọ doro anya na ọ na-ejide Bartman, na mbụ kwetara na ọ gaghị ejide ya, mana o mechara gọnarị ime ụdị nkwupụta ahụ ma kwuo na ọ bụrụ na o mere, ọ bụ naanị ime ka Bartman nwee obi ụtọ.