Boog Sciambi Makes Me Sick

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— carl (@barstoolcarl) August 20, 2025

I’ve been meaning to write this blog for a minute – along with many other blogs, which in-and-of-itself is a separate blog on its own.

For now I just want to use the platform here to talk about how sick and tired I am of listening to Boog Sciambi call a Cubs game.

Many people want to focus on unnecessary things. Like how Boog seems like a nice guy. Or how Boog is a really polished broadcaster. Or how Boog didn’t grow up a Cubs fan. Or whatever trash you have in store to defend this capital J Jabroni.

All of it is bullshit.

Boog is completely out to lunch in the middle of our most important season in nearly a decade. And quite frankly that’s unacceptable.

This is baseball.

The people watching every game, myself included, are categorically insane and cannot be reasoned with.

I don’t give a shit about exit velocity.

I don’t care about average launch angle.

I don’t want to hear how the Brewers are technically lucky as they lose back-to-back games for the first time IN SEVEN FUCKING WEEKS.

And I certainly don’t give one flying fuck about Brian Anderson’s broadcast work with the Brewers and the subsequent slurp-fest helmet wash party hosted by Boog in the Marquee booth.

Instead I want to hear good old fashioned Chicago homerism.

I want a duo that legitimately CHEERS for the Chicago Cubs and begroans our collective misery.

KEYWORD = OUR

This seems simple but I’m sitting here writing this blog, complaining about Boog Sciambi and it’s because he cares less about the result than almost every other person that’s intentionally watching the Cubs.

You would think we dragged him out of an airport terminal during an extended layover and asked him to adopt the Cubs as his #1 team right this minute or we’ll kill everyone in the world that he knows and loves.

We have a full blown hostage situation on our hands and I think last night is the worst example yet.

So let me make this simple.

If you can’t get fired up for Matt Shaw running through a brick wall, then you need to put the headset down and go walk into Lake Michigan.

There’s just no room for it.

And let me be clear here.

I’m not talking about postgame press conference with Craig. Or a weekly 670 spot with Jed. Or a Sunday Night ESPN national broadcast where you have to pander to the disenfranchised.

I’m talking about giving a fuck for the people that are showing up for the Chicago Cubs because we give a fuck.

We play $20 a month for this shit?

My ass we do.

You can spare me any arguments about homerism vs. professional broadcasting when it’s literally called THE MARQUEE NETWORK HOME OF THE CHICAGO CUBS.

So go ahead and lean into it Boog.

At least pretend you’re one of us.

Or at the very least, please just pretend to care next time something big happens.

I heard Taylor really likes that.