2003 NLCS Bartman game

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CTL-E-0087 · Event

STRONG EVIDENCE evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)

Combined Graph record U-01620 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-E-0087. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Cubs lose Game 6; fan interference

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Cubs lose Game 6; fan interference

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Also known as: Steve Bartman game

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HistoricBaseball.com — 'The 2003 Cubs: The Bartman Incident' (tier 4 specialist baseball-history publication, fetched in full; no tier 1-3 full fetch obtained before the browser 429 stop, so this entity caps at STRONG per CTL-MTH-001) (verification source · master store)

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Game 6 of the 2003 NLCS played October 14, 2003 at Wrigley Field, Chicago; Cubs led Florida Marlins 3-0 in the 8th inning and led the series 3-2; fan Steve Bartman deflected a foul ball off Luis Castillo's bat as Moisés Alou attempted the catch; Marlins then scored eight runs in the inning and won the game 8-3, and won Game 7 the next day to eliminate the Cubs. Stored date 2003-10-14 and note confirmed at STRONG ceiling.

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