{"id":593497,"date":"2026-02-26T05:51:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T05:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/593497\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T05:51:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T05:51:23","slug":"pete-crow-armstrong-doubles-down-on-criticism-of-dodgers-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/593497\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Crow-Armstrong Doubles Down on Criticism of Dodgers Fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Chicago Cubs has taken plenty of criticism from Southern Californians after he disrespected Los Angeles Dodgers fans, but he\u2019s not backing down.<\/p>\n<p>Crow-Armstrong <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoulTerritoryTV\/status\/2026732679136153783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">appeared on the \u201cFoul Territory\u201d show<\/a> Wednesday to explain his criticism of Dodgers fans, emphasizing that it was the fans, not the players, that he took issue with.<\/p>\n<p>He name-checked Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts as Dodgers he respects, saying they\u2019re \u201cthe guys who\u2019ve given these fans the reason to be fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then cited his own childhood experiences as his reasoning for disliking Dodgers fans. PCA grew up in Sherman Oaks and attended the Harvard-Westlake School.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll fans fight and stuff, but I remember putting the Giants fan in a coma,\u201d he said. \u201cThat stuck with me as a kid. Just little things, sitting in the stands, nasty stuff goes on that I didn\u2019t always experience at other ballparks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/USATSI_25990985_168396005_lowres.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-271696\"  \/>Apr 22, 2025; Chicago, Illinois, USA;  Chicago Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong (4) yells after he hits a two run home run during the fifth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Wrigley Field. Mandatory Credit: Matt Marton-Imagn ImagesWhat Did Crow-Armstrong Say About Dodgers Fans?<\/p>\n<p>Crow-Armstrong\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/sports\/mlb\/chicago-cubs\/pete-crow-armstrong-compares-cubs-dodgers-fans-in-chicago-magazine-interview\/3896636\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">was recently on the cover of Chicago magazine<\/a>, which said he let \u201cit all hang out\u201d in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagomag.com\/chicago-magazine\/march-2026\/welcome-to-the-pca-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">a Wayne Drehs profile published on Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about his time playing in Chicago, he praised the fans, but he did so by characterizing Dodgers supporters as uninterested in baseball.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love Chicago more and more. It\u2019s just an incredible city. The people are great,\u201d he said. \u201cThey give a s\u2014. They aren\u2019t just baseball fans who go to the game like Dodgers fans to take pictures or whatever. They are paying attention. They care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting that Crow-Armstrong may have grown up in Southern California, but he\u2019s always been a Cubs fan.<\/p>\n<p>His father, an Illinois native, actually prohibited his son from rooting for the Dodgers or Cubs rivals the St. Louis Cardinals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrowing up in L.A., my dad gave me a couple of rules. 1) I couldn\u2019t root for the Dodgers. 2) I couldn\u2019t root for the Cardinals,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theplayerstribune.com\/pete-crow-armstrong-chicago-cubs-mlb-baseball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">PCA wrote in\u00a0The Players\u2019 Tribune\u00a0last year.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  Dodgers Fans Will Get a Chance to Respond in April<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of the Boys in Blue won\u2019t have to wait too long to give PCA a piece of their mind, as the Cubs are set to play at Dodger Stadium April 24-26.<\/p>\n<p>Dodgers Nation\u2019s Doug McKain thinks the fans won\u2019t miss that opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDodgers fans are going to show PCA they \u2018give a sh*t,\u2019\u201d he wrote on social media.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sab-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/path\/to\/app-icon.png\" alt=\"App icon\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"\/><\/p>\n<p>LA Baseball Report<\/p>\n<p>Get the app for faster news<\/p>\n<p> <a id=\"sab-cta\" class=\"sab-cta\" href=\"#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GET<\/a> \u00d7  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Chicago Cubs has taken plenty of criticism from Southern Californians after he disrespected Los&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":592025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,35],"class_list":{"0":"post-593497","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-pete-crow-armstrong"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116135375325075444","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}