Marlins' Take on Baseball's 'Steve Bartman Incident'

MIAMI -- The famous Steve Bartman play in Game 6 of the 2003 National League Championship Series at Wrigley Field often has been told from the Cubs' point of view, but it's never really told from that of the Marlins, who went on to beat the Yankees in the World Series that year.
While Cubs fans consider it another blunder in a long history that stretches back to their last World Series victory in 1908, for the Marlins, it was just another improbable occurrence in an improbable 2003 championship season, their second in the franchise's first 11 seasons.
"Obviously, we were in dire straits at that moment. We're down, 3-0. Mark Prior's pitching a gem. He's got five outs to get the Cubs to the World Series," recalled Jeff Conine, the Marlins' left fielder in that game. "We were just looking for that opening, looking for that opening to take advantage of. We were in the dugout facing down the third-base line, so we had the best angle seeing it of them all."