Steve Bartman, the most maligned Cub fan in history declined the fans effort to make good.

Steve Bartman will not be attending the Chicago Cubs wild-card play-in game next Wednesday.

Despite a GoFundMe campaign designed to raise money so the maligned Cubs fan could travel to PNC Park in Pittsburgh or return to Wrigley Field for the do-or-die game, he declined the offer.

Here's the official word from Bartman's longtime spokesman Frank Murtha.

"It's nice of these people to think of Steve but he won't be taking advantage of the offer," Frank Murtha said. "He's perfectly capable of attending the game on his own, though he has no intention of being at the wild-card game."

No surprise here. Though we're sure the gesture was well-intended, Bartman obviously has no interest in returning to the public eye.

We certainly can't blame him for that. Not after the way he was vilified following this incident during Game 6 of the 2003 NLCS.