Edited sentence: )reacted as if it were interference, replays show conclusively that there was no interference.Although left fielder Alou, and also pitcher Mark Prior, initially (over.Bartman was keeping his eye on the ball, not the fielders, which has always been considered appropriate behavior for fans toward whom a batted ball is flying.Cubs manager Dusty Baker had come under criticism in the post-season for allowing his starters to stay in the game too long, revealing a reluctance to use a mediocre bullpen, and possibly weakening the starters during their later appearances in the post-season.Instead, the floodgate was open for the Marlins, and they poured through it, with hit after hit.It has been the tendency of the fans of perennial also-rans like the Cubs and (until 2004) the Boston Red Sox to blame jinxes and curses for their teams' failure to win the big games.Luis Castillo, the batter who got additional life on that play, merely draw a walk.Neither Prior in Game 6 nor Kerry Wood in Game 7 were able to come up with the kind of strength in the later innings that they had shown earlier in the post-season.On reflection, there are some facts to consider:.Or both.Pudge Rodriguez got a base hit to drive in the first run of the inning.Study of the games has shown that only real "goats" in these circumstances are nothing more than players who fall short in either talent or the ability to make the critical plays.The real damage this play did to the Cubs, apparently, was to break their concentration.Then Miguel Cabrera hit an ordinary ground ball to Alex Gonzalez, an excellent fielder who uncharacteristically fumbled the ball.There was already one out, so a double play would have ended the inning with no further damage.This cost the Cubs one out, and possibly two