The next time the Chicago Cubs step into Chavez Ravine, don’t expect a warm Hollywood welcome forPete Crow-Armstrong.
The 23-year-old All-Star, a Los Angeles native with industry bloodlines and a Little League past in Sherman Oaks, decided this week to take a shot at his hometown fans, the two-time defending World Series champion fans.
In aprofile with Chicago Magazine, Crow-Armstrong drew a line in the ivy-covered dirt between Cubs fans and Dodgers fans.
“[Cubs fans] actually give a s***,” he said. “They aren’t just baseball fans who go to the game like Dodgers fans to take pictures and whatever. They are paying attention. They care.”
PCA didn’t mince words when comparing Cubs fans to Dodgers fanspic.twitter.com/9F06o8SETA
That wasn’t a slip of the tongue. This wasn’t placed on a tee for him to take a shot at Dodgers fans by the author of the article. It wasn’t a leading question. It was PCA who inserted Dodgers fans into the chat.
And in a city that has filled Dodger Stadium withmore than 4 million fans— and is rocking every night from April through October — the comment lands like a brushback pitch headed for the chin.
Here’s the twist: Crow-Armstrong grew up in L.A. The son of actors Matthew John Armstrong and Ashley Crow, who are known for their roles in the show “Heroes.” And have starred in films like “Minority Report,” “Little Big League,” and “The Good Son.” (Ashley Crowplayed the mom in “Little Big League“).
Crow-Armstrong attended games at Dodger Stadium. He played Little League under the Southern California sun. Yet, as hewrote in The Players’ Tribune, his father gave him two rules: never root for the Dodgers, never root for the Cardinals. Maybe that has something to do with it.
Fine. Baseball loyalties are inherited like eye color. But questioning the baseball IQ of Dodgers fans? That’s out of bounds.
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