Bernie Mac Dies From Bartman Curse

By: T.R. Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com

Bernie Mac died yesterday or today. Any good Cub fan recalls that Bernie Mac sang the 7th inning stretch during game 6 of the 2003 NLCS, also known as the game where the fan pictured above interfered with the foul ball. Mac's performance is considered by many Cub fans to have been more of a jinx than what the fan did. During the seventh inning stretch, the Cubs had the lead over the Marlins and were 6 outs away from going to the World Series. Instead of singing "...root root root for the Cubbies..." Mac ad-libbed "...root root root for the CHAMPS...". The rest was history. Two short years later Hurricane Katrina leveled New Orleans. And only months after that a giant Tsunami decimated Indonesia.

Since you were wondering what my second favorite memory of Bernie Mac is, I will tell you. I was watching the BET version of Entertainment Tonight a few years ago as they previewed the superstar soaked movie Ocean's 11. After the preview the BET journalist said "That opens Friday, go check it out. Ocean's 11 stars Don Cheedle and Bernie Mac." Gotta love BET.