Cubs fire stadium DJ who made staggeringly horrible song choice

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The Chicago Cubs promised a “strong response” to their stadium DJ playing a shockingly inappropriate song during Sunday night’s game, and now we know what that response is. The Cubs have fired the person responsible for playing Prodigy’s “Smack My [expletive] Up” after closer Aroldis Chapman walked off the mound in the top of the ninth inning.

The statement reads:

“We apologize for the irresponsible music selection during our game last night. The selection of this track showed a lack of judgement and sensitivity to an important issue. We have terminated our relationship with the employee responsible for making the selection and will be implementing stronger controls to review and approve music before public broadcast during our games.”

As Chris Cwik wrote this morning, choosing that song to play after Chapman closed out a game was tone deaf and insensitive. Earlier this season Chapman served a 30-game suspension for an offseason domestic violence incident, in which he was alleged to have choked his girlfriend and fired a gun several times. The DJ was probably trying to be clever with that song choice, but it ended up being inappropriate and offensive.

CHICAGO, IL - AUGUST 10: Aroldis Chapman #54 of the Chicago Cubs pitches against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim during the ninth inning at Wrigley Field on August 10, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. The Chicago Cubs won 3-1. (Photo by Jon Durr/Getty Images)
Aroldis Chapman (Getty Images)

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There was no chance that someone didn’t get fired for choosing and playing that song, and now someone has. The Cubs’ statement promises that they’ll be more active in reviewing and approving music before it is broadcast during a game to avoid a repeat of this incident. Something tells me that for a long, long while, those stadium playlists will be gone over with a fine-toothed comb before a single note is heard at Wrigley Field.

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