It had been a wonderful August for the Chicago Cubs — they’d won 11 straight and had the best record in baseball. But lest one forget that these are still the Cubs, they’ve lost their past two game to the Cardinals, and now they’re in the middle of an embarrassing music controversy.
During Sunday’s loss to St. Louis, reliever Aroldis Chapman had just closed out the sixth inning when the stadium DJ decided it would be a good idea to play “Smack My Bitch Up” by the British group Prodigy.