2003 Chicago Cubs foul ball incident
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The 2003 Chicago Cubs foul ball incident refers to a notorious playoff moment when a fan’s interference with a foul ball was widely blamed for shifting momentum and contributing to the Cubs’ collapse in the National League Championship Series.
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| 2003 Chicago Cubs foul ball incident canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15224194 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 2003 Chicago Cubs foul ball incident Context triple: [Steve Bartman, notableFor, 2003 Chicago Cubs foul ball incident]
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Babe Ruth’s alleged called shot in Game 3
Babe Ruth’s alleged called shot in Game 3 refers to the famous, debated moment in baseball history when Ruth appeared to point to center field before hitting a home run during the 1932 World Series.
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1919 Black Sox Scandal
The 1919 Black Sox Scandal was a notorious Major League Baseball game-fixing scheme in which several Chicago White Sox players conspired with gamblers to intentionally lose the World Series.
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Cubs Live!
Cubs Live! is a Chicago Cubs-focused studio show that provides pregame and postgame coverage, analysis, and commentary on Marquee Sports Network.
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Black Sox
The Black Sox are New Zealand’s national men’s softball team, renowned as one of the world’s most successful and dominant sides in international softball.
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Giants sign-stealing scheme controversy
The Giants sign-stealing scheme controversy refers to the later-disclosed allegations that the New York Giants used a sophisticated sign-stealing system during the 1951 season, casting a shadow over Bobby Thomson’s famous “Shot Heard ’Round the World” home run.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: 2003 Chicago Cubs foul ball incident Target entity description: The 2003 Chicago Cubs foul ball incident refers to a notorious playoff moment when a fan’s interference with a foul ball was widely blamed for shifting momentum and contributing to the Cubs’ collapse in the National League Championship Series.
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A.
Babe Ruth’s alleged called shot in Game 3
Babe Ruth’s alleged called shot in Game 3 refers to the famous, debated moment in baseball history when Ruth appeared to point to center field before hitting a home run during the 1932 World Series.
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B.
1919 Black Sox Scandal
The 1919 Black Sox Scandal was a notorious Major League Baseball game-fixing scheme in which several Chicago White Sox players conspired with gamblers to intentionally lose the World Series.
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C.
Cubs Live!
Cubs Live! is a Chicago Cubs-focused studio show that provides pregame and postgame coverage, analysis, and commentary on Marquee Sports Network.
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D.
Black Sox
The Black Sox are New Zealand’s national men’s softball team, renowned as one of the world’s most successful and dominant sides in international softball.
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E.
Giants sign-stealing scheme controversy
The Giants sign-stealing scheme controversy refers to the later-disclosed allegations that the New York Giants used a sophisticated sign-stealing system during the 1951 season, casting a shadow over Bobby Thomson’s famous “Shot Heard ’Round the World” home run.
- F. None of above. chosen
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