Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong caused an uproar after he was featured in Chicago Magazine this week. The in-depth look at the new rising star in Chicago created a storm around MLB as Crow-Armstrong took a direct shot at Los Angeles Dodgers fans as he hyped up his own fan base by comparison. The 23-year-old has never been afraid to share his opinion, stir up emotions on and off the field, and even Crow-Armstrong’s latest controversial comments were praised by a Dodgers analyst.
Cubs fans love him and even for everyone else who hates him there is no denying that Crow-Armstrong is entertaining. He’s also bringing back a passion to the game that’s been missing for a long time. In this day and age where fans get perplexed by jaw-dropping contracts it could be easy to forget that these multi-millionaire athletes do in fact care about winning.
The Cubs center fielder knows he’ll eventually get paid, but he fired up Cubs fans by bringing back a World Series winning mentality.
Crow-Armstrong is also bringing back public shit-talking.
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The gold glove center fielder said that unlike Cubs fans, who deeply care about the team, Dodgers fans just go to the game to take pictures. Obviously there was a huge blowback on social media as other fans turned it around and hammered the stereotype that people who go to Wrigley Field are tourists.
Yet, who doesn’t like their star players mixing it up from time to time? This creates a real feel that Pete not only loves Cubs fans, but despises fans who go to Dodger Stadium in LA. And by the way, everyone essentially says the same thing about LA fans, so Pete isn’t lying.
This doesn’t have to be the WWE and feuds don’t have to be manufactured, but there’s no question that the Dodgers are new Evil Empire. They’re the bad guys who everyone wants to beat and adding fuel to that fire is great.
Dodgers analyst Jerry Hairston Jr. praised Crow-Armstrong for upping the drama between the Cubs and Dodgers.
Via SportsNet LA.
“I love the drama. I love that he’s stirring the pot. This is what we need in this sport!
You Want drama and pca is providing that drama. It’s going to be must-see tv.”
Here’s the full clip of Hairston Jr. firing back at Crow-Armstrong.
Bingo. This is an entertainment product and Pete Crow-Armstrong is a master of it.
We echoed those thoughts and dove more into the chaos that PCA created this week on the latest Pinwheels And Ivy.
