July 22, 2004

Let My Bartman Go

Posted by Jason Snell at 1:57 PM in Media

A special message for our good friend Jim Caple:
Perhaps it may be time to retire the Steve Bartman jokes. Ignoring the fact that all he tried to do was catch a foul ball as opposed to foment civil unrest or try to kill a guy, he’s not even the main reason the Cubs lost that game last year. But maybe repeated jokes about Alex Gonzalez making an error aren’t all that funny.
Guess what? Neither are all your Bartman joks.
But they are keeping the mighty Jim Caple Hack-O-Meter motoring along.
David Wells is Fat! o 5
Steve Bartman references o 3
Grady Little references o 2
References to the Oakland Athleticsi poor fundamentals o 1
iI Hate the Yankeesi references o 1
Derisive references to Alex Rodriguez as iCapini o 1
Derisive references to Tom Hicks o 1
Fake Quote columns o 1
Oh and by the way, Jim — as we warned you back in May, the grace period in Moises-Alou-pees-on-his-hands jokes has now expired. You have only yourself to blame.