Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 15 ga Oktoba, Marlins sun ci Chicago Cubs wasanni hudu zuwa uku a cikin Championship Series, suna dawowa daga rashi 3<unk>1. Wasan wasa 6 ya ga Marlins suna taka rawa a cikin ɗayan shahararrun lokacin ƙwallon baseball: "The Inning". Tare da 1 a cikin 8th inning da kuma Cubs 3 gudu gaba, Marlins 2nd baseman Luis Castillo buga wani pop laifi a jere a cikin stands tare da na uku baseline. Mai goyon bayan Cubs Steve Bartman ya kai ga kwallon, ya hana Cubs LF Moisés Alou daga fitarwa da fara taron Marlins na 8. Abin da ya faru da Steve Bartman
kuma nasara ta baya-baya a Wrigley Field a wasa na 7 ya taimaka wa Marlins su kama lambar yabo ta biyu ta NL, suna kiyaye "La'anar Billy Goat" da rai da lafiya.