95 years... (commentary, various sources)

"My first thought was, 'I pray to God that guy isn't a Cub fan,'" Marlins pitcher Carl Pavano said.

This isn't one loss to overcome. This is all of Cubs history to overcome, all the voodoo and heartbreak and plain bad luck. Game 6 tied it up in a nice package for the Cubs.

The manager of the Florida Marlins also saw it. He is 72 years old and has seen quite a bit in this day. But even Jack McKeon had to admit: "I never saw an inning in the playoffs like that in my life."

'That fan saved our season,'' Castillo said now, looking up at the television. ``Moises would have had that....On the bench, the Marlins started saying to each other, ``Now let's make that fan famous.''

And they would. Infamous. That fan is now the least popular figure in Chicago since either Al Capone or Mrs. O'Leary's cow. Fans showered him with beer and debris as he wept, and the Marlins were genuinely worried for his safety afterward.

''I just hope that fan got out alive,'' Derrek Lee said.

Said Conine: ``You can't believe in a game this big a Cubs fan would do something like that. You'd think they'd all clear out.''

This was a sequence you couldn't have contrived in your sickest, darkest moment,

"Interfering with the ball is not a crime. It's stupid but not a crime,'" said Police Cmdr. Sam Christian.