Jake Malasek pulls it off and Barstool crowns him

The reaction came before the explanation. Just before 3PM ET Saturday, Steven Cheah skipped any setup and handed down a ruling.

Steven Cheah

@StevenCheah

Malasek the GOAT 🐐

Jake Malasek

@jakemalasek

Pete Rose acquired.

Big Cat posted in the same minute with a photo of his own, and his wording tells you about as much as anything on file: Jake did something, there is a picture of him having done it, and he looks glorious in it. That is high praise from the man who signs off on half the office's bits.

Big Cat

@BarstoolBigCat

Way to go Jake! He looks glorious

Jake Malasek

@jakemalasek

Pete Rose acquired.

Malasek has done this kind of thing for a while. He is a former reserve goalie for the Virginia men's lacrosse team, he ran UVA's Barstool account before landing in the New York office, and in 2025 he played for Czechia at the European Lacrosse Championships while working full time at Barstool. When a guy has already found a way into international lacrosse between content shifts, a building full of coworkers losing it over his latest win is not much of a surprise.

Around 7 minutes after Big Cat's post, the clip accounts caught up with the same energy, all caps and 3 exclamation points, because some wins don't need anything more than that.

Viva La Stool

@VivaLaStool

HE DID IT!!!

Viva La Stool

@VivaLaStool

Called Jake Malasek to see if he could pick it up tomorrow but had to end the call once he started making out with his dog t.co/JyShXoPrfP

Jack Kennedy added a photo of his own a little over an hour later, so that's a third host signing on before the afternoon was over. None of the posts spells out exactly what Malasek pulled off, and the pictures carry the punchline. Here's what you can say for sure: when Big Cat, Cheah and Kenjac all show up the same day to crown a guy, it's his day. Expect Malasek to hear about it, for better or worse, on the Yak Monday.