There was an annoying kid on the old cubs.com forum that worshipped Alou like he was Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, and Willie Mays all rolled into one, I think some long-timers might have negative feelings toward Alou that stem from those memories. That might have been me. I was all about the Alou signing, and he never really seemed to recover his rep with most Cubs fans after his first year with them was relatively disappointing. He kicked ass the 2nd and 3rd season, but that first season combined with Bartman and the whole pee-hands thing did him in.