Steve Bartman: 'Catching Hell' Fails to Catch the One Thing We All Wanted

Steve Bartman, where are you?

Last night ESPN aired a new "30 for 30" special about the infamous 2003 National League Championship Series.

If you're reading this  than you certainly know all about Bartman already.

The Cubs were five outs away from their first World Series appearance since 1945, they led the Marlins 3-0 in the game and 3-2 in the series and a pop foul down the third base line was set bring the Cubs one out closer to their ultimate goal.

Instead, Bartman interfered with Moises Alou's attempt on the ball and the rest is history.

The Cubs went on to lose the series in seven games and Bartman's name has since become synonymous with the club's ridiculous World Series draught.

The new documentary from filmmaker Alex Gibney, took an in depth look at the inning when all hell broke loose.

Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood, who was on the 2003 team and is now back with the Cubs, had this to say when he found out there was a documentary about Bartman (via Chicago Tribune):

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Hope the guy is able to live a normal life. It's a shame he had to go through what he went through. Unfortunately, I don't think much about him. I know his life was changed by that incident. I guess it'd be nice to figure out where he's at and what has been going on.

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We'd all like to know.

There is new footage from the crowd itself. A new computer-generated scenario that took the fans out of their seats and only showed Alou and the ball. There are also multiple interviews with people in the vicinity of Bartman, as well as interviews security that helped him take refuge from irate fans.

But, as Kerry Wood and the rest of us were all waiting for that one missing piece, we were ultimately disappointed.

The elusive Steve Bartman interview remains as elusive as it did eight years ago.

Throughout the past eight years Bartman has turned down numerous offers to capitalize on his name. Commercials, endorsements and public appearances all went the same way as the Cubs' World Series hopes.

"Catching Hell" was good, but it caught everything but Bartman himself.