Taking You Into The Weekend With Closing Thoughts On #LigmaGate
We’re heading into the weekend of the craziest week in the short history of Barstool Sports Chicago 2.0 and it feels pretty fucking good if we’re being honest. (We’re always honest.)
I asked Ed for permission to quarterback this week’s Taking You Into The Weekend because so much shit has happened that really hits home to me as a Cubs fan that I want to tie it off before sending everyone home for the weekend. So here’s kind of my official statement on it and hopefully the last time in writing I’ll ever have to address Julian Green’s email.
1. As a diehard Chicago Cubs fan, it’s complete and utter bullshit that I was made to feel threatened over imputed liability of unforeseen and unrealized harm. I feel like that email was entirely meant to push us around and make us feel like we need his buy-in to have any kind of success with Cubs content. For obvious reasons that look no further than Big Cat, I think we’ve done just fine without anyone’s formal support.
2. Speaking of which, having Big Cat in your corner on anything much less this is a top 3 feeling in the world. His rant on Barstool Radio was A+
3. I agree with everything Eddie’s said and done and don’t need to repeat it. The Dog Walks with Ligma and the security guy. Going to Wrigley for a Ligma vigil. Drawing comparisons between other media outlets saying they felt threatened by the Cubs and our situation. I stand by everything he said and don’t have 5 fucking seconds to think twice about it.
4. The Cubs are 5-1 since the All Star Break, playing the best baseball of the year and because of their ineptitude and inability to manage an image, their social media presence in their target market (24-40 y/o, growing consumers) has been DOMINATED by this shit. And I’m not saying that to puff my chest like I’m big bad barstool. I’m not. I’m the smallest piece in a monster wheel. It’s just shitty that instead of talking about Maddon committing to a statue-worth 2-3-4 or Yu Darvish, we’re talking about LigmaBallSack this week. Like really, actually SMH Cubs.
5. The fact we got threatened with limited access to the Cubs the same week we rolled out an interview with their biggest and most marketable superstar is fucking off the rails funny. That’s probably the best part of this to me. Like you thought you were going to make us get on our knees and cry because the Cardinals think it’s bad? Or that you’re going to prevent a Chicago guy from doing content with the Oakland A’s or some shit?
Cmon man.
I said this before and I’ll say it again for the last time.
I’ve sat through so many shitty, horrible, awful Cubs seasons to be postured as a pushover. I blogged for free here for 5 years for literally no other reason than I love being the Cubs guy for Barstool Sports. Just an immense amount of pride in my city, team, platform, colleagues, etc. I’ve lost more sleep than I care to admit for teams that never sniffed 70+ wins. In the time I started with Barstool, I’ve dropped out of law school twice, passed my CPA exams then lost my license for not renewing it. I’ve been fired and out of work for months. I worked as a mover. I started dating a girl, got engaged then married. I got a dog. I’ve lived in 5 different apartments including another time I had to move home with my parents because I didn’t have any money left after losing my job. I’ve sold life insurance, technology “solutions”, multi-million-dollar consulting engagements to Fortune 500 brands, written legal briefs and moved furniture. I’ve probably lost more friends along the way than I care to sit down and think about while making mistakes that will bug me the rest of my life.
I have wasted and toiled and fucked with and corrupted so much of my young adult life that it’s honestly amazing to think about the only consistent factor along the whole way has been Barstool Sports. Literally the only thing I’ve been able to count on has been Barstool Sports and literally the only reason I got here in the first place is the Chicago Cubs.
So.
With that said.
If you think for 5 fucking seconds that this bullshit with the Cubs is going to slow me down or the Cubs content down or anything related to me doing my job, you’re out of your goddamn mind. I’m a crazy person first and foremost and crazy people have conviction in their beliefs. Stupid little obstacles like stupid little opinions about our brand will do nothing but drive my insanity in the process. If that means I don’t get to play tummy sticks with Anthony Rizzo on camera never then so fucking be it. He wouldn’t be a good guest anyways.
Have a good weekend.