Fan Infamy Steve Bartman
On Tuesday, October 14, 2003 during a playoff
game against the Florida Marlins, Steve Bartman attempted to catch a foul
ball near the left field wall. As Cubs left fielder, Moises Alou,
attempted to catch the same ball, Bartman, and others could be seen
deflecting the ball. What could have been a momentum killer for the
Marlins eventually was a major blame to the collapse of the Cubs after
being one game away from the World Series.
After the game, Bartman apoligized to fans:"There are few words to describe how
awful I feel and what I have experienced within these last twenty-four
hours. I am so truly sorry from the bottom of this Cubs fan's broken
heart. - Steve Bartman Tne Rainbow Man
Rollen Frederick Stewart ,
also known as Rock 'n' Rollen and Rainbow Man, was a fixture in American
sports culture best known for wearing a rainbow-colored afro-style wig
and, later, holding up signs reading "John 3:16" at stadium sporting
events around the United States and overseas in the 1970s and
1980s.Stewart was arrested in 1992 after a standoff in a California hotel
during which he entered a vacant room with two men he was attempting to
kidnap and surprised a maid who then locked herself in the bathroom.
Reportedly, Stewart believed that the Rapture was due to arrive in six
days. Stewart is currently serving three consecutive life sentences in
prison on kidnapping charges.
Günter Parche
On April 30th 1993 Gunter
Parche stabbed professional tennis player Monica Seles in the back
during a break at the Citizen Cup in Hamburg, Germany.
While Seles was on the
sidelines, the Parche climbed down the stands directly past two
security guards. Once on the court, took a boning knife and put it
directly in Seles’s back, in-between her shoulder blades.She was quickly
rushed to a hospital. Although her physical injuries took only a few weeks
to heal, she did not return to competitive tennis for more than two years.
The attack happened during the
rest break in the match, against Bulgarian player Maggie Maleeva. Miss
Seles was leading 6-4, 4-3 when she took a rest on her courtside seat
during the changeover.
Parche was an obsessed Steffi
Graf fan.By stabbing Seles, Parche hoped to see that his hero Steffi Graf
would regain her No. 1 ranking in the world of women's tennis.
Gunter Parche, a 39-year-old
unemployed lathe operator, was convicted for the stabbing of Monica Seles
in October 1993. He was described as a loner, whose obsession with seeing
Steffi Graf regain the world no.1 ranking prompted the attack. He was
given a two-year suspended sentence.
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