Oh, it’s just too good. First, his name is Bartman. I didn’t realize any real person had that name. Second, he’s a total Cubs fan — went to spring training — and he teaches baseball for a living. And there’s a good chance he will spend his entire life wondering whether he single-handedly kept the Cubs from winning the World Series. Aeschylus couldn’t have worked up a better skeleton plot. Now all we need is an emotional family twist, the possibility of an anguished suicide, and a little editorializing by the gods who arranged all of this.
Third, the reactions in Florida are delightful [emphasis mine]:
In Florida, Gov. Jeb Bush said an offer of asylum to Bartman might be a good idea…
…an oceanfront retreat in Pompano Beach offered him a free three-month stay if he needed to get out of Chicago.
[quoted from an article today on MSNBC.com]