Opening Day
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It will be the Cubs vs the Orioles in the World Series and we'll sit Steve Bartman and Jeffery Maier next to each other and have all pitches throw fastballs at them...
Maier:
Bartman:
For those of you who don't remember Maier...
"Jeffrey Maier & the Damn Yankees!
In October 1996, the Baltimore Orioles met the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series.
"Umpire Richie Garcia turned a fly ball into a home run and a 12-year-old into a household name. With Baltimore clinging to a 4–3 lead in the eighth of Game 1, Derek Jeter hit a fly to right that looked catchable to outfielder Tony Tarasco — and everybody else with eyes. Suddenly, seventh-grader Jeffrey Maier reached over the fence and deflected the ball into the stands for a home run, tying the game and sending the Orioles into cardiac arrest. A frantic protest was ignored, though Garcia later admitted that the ball probably wouldn't have been a home run. Bernie Williams' no-doubt dinger in the 11th won the game. The Yanks went on to the championship, Maier went on Letterman and Tarasco went on and on complaining, 'I didn't even have to jump to catch it.'"