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The 26-year-old man who deflected the ball during the Chicago Cubs playoff game is a huge Cubs fan and youth baseball coach who would never do anything to hurt his favorite team, according to neighbors. "They say if you are a Cubs fan, you won't catch it," said a 63-year-old neighbor of the man, who lives with his parents in suburban Chicago. "I don't think that's a natural reaction. It's a natural reaction to catch the ball." The Associated Press, like most local media, was holding off on naming the man. The Chicago Sun-Times, however, reported on its web site that the man is Steve Bartman, 26, an employee at Hewitt Associates, an international consulting firm in Lincolnshire. The man's father also defended his son, who deflected the ball just as Cubs outfielder Moises Alou appeared to be about to catch it for a second out in the eighth inning of Tuesday night's game.
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