Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Mgbe ha merisịrị egwuregwu na-agbakwunye na egwuregwu 1, ndị Cubs gbakọtara ma were egwuregwu atọ-na-otu na-eduga na Wild Card Florida Marlins na National League Championship Series. Florida mechiri ndị Cubs na egwuregwu 5, mana ndị Cubs laghachiri n'ụlọ na Wrigley Field na nwa okorobịa pitcher Mark Prior iji duru ndị Cubs na egwuregwu 6 ka ha were 3-0 na-eduga na 8th inning. Ọ bụ n'oge a ka otu ihe merenụ nke a maara ugbu a n'ụzọ ọjọọ mere. Ọtụtụ ndị na-ekiri bọọlụ gbara mbọ ijide bọọlụ Luis Castillo gbara. Onye na-akwado Chicago Cubs nke aha ya bụ Steve Bartman
, nke Northbrook, Illinois, ruru bọọlụ ahụ ma wepụ ya na uwe aka Moisés Alou maka nke abụọ n'ime inning nke asatọ. Alou were iwe na ndị na-ege ntị ma mgbe egwuregwu ahụ gasịrị kwuru na ọ gaara enweta bọọlụ ahụ. Alou n'otu oge kwụsịrị, na-ekwu na ọ gaghị enwe ike ịme egwuregwu ahụ, mana emesịa kwuru na nke a bụ naanị mbọ iji mee ka Bartman nwee obi ụtọ ma kwenye na ekwesịrị ichefu ihe niile merenụ. A kpọghị nkwụsị na egwuregwu ahụ, ebe a na-achị bọọlụ ka ọ nọrọ n'akụkụ ndị na-ekiri ya n'akụkụ mgbidi ahụ. N'ikpeazụ, onye ụkọchukwu ahụ mere Castillo ka ọ na-aga ije. Ndị na-eti ọkpọ abụọ ka e mesịrị, na iwe nke ámá egwuregwu ahụ jupụtara, onye na-egbochi Cubs bụ Alex Gonzalez mehiere egwuregwu abụọ na-agwụ agwụ, na-ebu ibu. Njehie ahụ ga-eduga na Florida na-agba ọsọ asatọ na mmeri Marlin. N'agbanyeghi iziga Kerry Wood n'elu ugwu na ijide ndu ugboro abụọ, ndị Cubs mechara tufuo egwuregwu 7, ma ghara iru World Series.