Cubs documentary recalls unhappy anniversary

5 Outs . . .If you're not already sick of hearing, seeing and reading about the 10th anniversary of the Bartman debacle, there's one more look back you might not want to miss.

At 9 p.m. Tuesday Comcast SportsNet Chicago premieres "5 Outs . . ." — a 90-minute documentary on the collapse of the Chicago Cubs in the 2003 National League Championship Series. Included are interviews with everyone involved in the Cubs' heartbreaking loss that season. Everyone except infamous fan Steve Bartman, of course.

Produced by Sarah Lauch and Ryan McGuffey and narrated by actor William Petersen, it's the first billed as a “Comcast SportsNet Original Production.”

Here are excerpts from interviews in the documentary:

Cubs outfielder Moises Alou: “I am sick and tired of that question...I swear man...every day in the Dominican and the States....everywhere I go…everyday…I am serious...everyday someone asks me about that Bartman situation. I do feel bad for him and I said it that day it wasn't his fault.  Someone came up with some bullcrap that they made up that I said in elevator that I would not get that ball and that is not true. I never said that.

“I remember Luis Castillo hitting the fly ball. I remember not being very good at jumping and robbing a home run.  That wasn’t a home run, but it was the same jump and the same play. I go into foul territory and I remember my eyes on the ball and my glove was right there and I had the ball. He [Bartman] interfered with me and I didn’t catch the ball, but that wasn’t the reason why we didn’t make it because then we had another shot…ground ball double play…right there and we couldn’t stop them.”

Cubs pitcher Mark Prior: “I have heard all the theories and whatever you want to call them. I looked at the tapes.  I thought it was fan interference and that is an honest opinion. I don’t think he [Bartman] changed the course of the game, history, or all the other things that have been blamed on this person. In my mind, Moises would have 100 percent got it, but that play doesn’t define the series or what happened after the fact.”

Cubs manager Dusty Baker: “I think Mo [Alou] would have had [the ball] and it would have changed the outcome of the game.  But, at the same time, I thought about Bartman.  That poor guy, man.  I mean you go to the ballpark to support your team, not knowing that four hours later, you were going to be the most maligned guy in town…I felt bad for the guy.  I remember seeing his face…actually it motivated me for the next year.  I wanted to win and have Bartman sit next to me in the ticker tape parade, that’s how I felt about him because that could have been anybody…anybody at any time.  I mean how many people would have the presence of mind not to catch a playoff ball? Especially if you are sitting up in the stands where he was sitting…well, I just couldn’t believe what I had heard [about what happened to him] afterwards.”

Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood: “We just blew it [Game 7]. We just completely fell apart.  That was it.  For me personally, I'm sitting there, obviously I pitched that game, so I'm putting a lot of it on myself.  The best sound I've ever heard was the three-run homer to tie it in that stadium, and the worst sound I've ever heard in baseball was how quiet that stadium was…I could hear the Marlins guys talking and celebrating and what they were saying to each other.  It was eerily quiet…and sitting in the dugout and listening to those guys jump around and celebrate like that was the worst moment.”