Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe Luis Castillo gbara nke asatọ n'ọbọ ọ na-agba, ọ gbaara ya bọl 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 ruru bọọlụ ahụ, onye na-akwado Cubs
Steve Bartman, tinyere ndị ọzọ nọ nso n'ógbè 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.