Former Marlin Dontrelle Willis Bullies Cubs Fans With 2003 Steve Bartman Game Reference During Quarantine
By Brady Williams
Major League Baseball may be taking a break, but rivalries can never rest. While everyone spends some time home, former Florida Marlin Dontrelle Willis took an opportunity to poke the bear, or rather Cubs, by tweeting out a reference to the darkest play in Chicago baseball history.
By now, most baseball fans have seen the infamous Steve Bartman play. Moisés Alou went up to catch a foul ball, and Bartman, a fan in the stands, snagged it before Alou could get there. According to Willis, who was on that Marlins team playing against the Cubs at the time, the ball was Alou's for the taking.
Dear @cubs fans.... ALOU catches that ball. Carry on pic.twitter.com/XzhyxJlCxl
— Dontrelle Willis (@DTrainMLB) March 18, 2020
Cold, Dontrelle. Very cold.
Chicago fans weren't too happy with the Fox Sports analyst's comments, with one person responding, "not today, satan." Apparently, the fans aren't the only ones who catch flak from Willis about the play. He explained how he regularly bothers Alou about it, too.
I’m sorry ? He’s my boy too every time i see him he says “ don’t bring up that damn play “ and i say but you jump so high ?
— Dontrelle Willis (@DTrainMLB) March 18, 2020
So, as the nation waits for baseball to resume, Chicago fans have another reason to be angry. Even 17 years later, the moment continues to be heartbreaking and divisive, and Willis proved that by clicking the "tweet" button.