At any rate, things seem to be just a bit off on the north side of Chicago even as the Cubs continue their march toward a division title with the former Reds flamethrower as their new closer.
The latest episode came this weekend when the Wrigley Field PA played an inappropriate song as Chapman exited the mound during a game.
One could probably make the case that song shouldn’t ever be played at an MLB game, but it’s particularly problematic with the knowledge Chapman missed the first 30 games of this season (then as a member of the Yankees) for violating MLB’s new anti-domestic violence policy.
Not surprisingly, the Chicago Tribune reports the Cubs have already fired the team DJ who played the song.
Is that fair? Yeah, probably. It’s good to be wary of the Twitter witch hunts that have become all too common these days, but this was a pretty serious lack of judgement on the part of the employee, someone entrusted with representing the organization in a very public way. They didn’t have to make the firing, but the door was certainly open.
Because while the PC police might be threatening to run amok, there’s also something to be said for common sense, and this action by the now-former Cubs DJ doesn’t come close to passing that test. Hopefully he or she learns this lesson and lands on his or her feet somewhere.
This incident follows an odd misunderstanding involving Chapman, the local media and his translator upon his arrival in the Second City last month.
The good news for Chapman and the Cubs is they have plenty of time to put this behind them between now and the playoffs.
The bad news? Well, they’re still the Cubs.
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