Pete Crow-Armstrong Gets Humbling New Nickname After Dodgers Win Cubs Series

The Los Angeles Dodgers won two out of three against the Chicago Cubs in a series that featured plenty of off-the-field drama and disrespectful quotes in the press.

Naturally, the loudest of those Cubs voices, outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong, got the bulk of Dodgers fans’ attention, with loud boos punctuating his plate appearances.

Despite a strong first game, PCA struggled in the rest of the series, including a four-strikeout game on Saturday, leading Dodgers Nation’s Doug McKain to dub PCA with a much more humble nickname:

“Eat Crow Armstrong.”

What did Pete Crow-Armstrong say about Dodgers fans?

PCA, who grew up in Sherman Oaks and attended Harvard-Westlake, grew up a Cubs fan and has praised Chicagoans by comparing them to fans in Los Angeles.

Given the chance to back away from those comments, Crow-Armstrong has instead stood by them.

First, he exempted Dodgers players like Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts from the criticism, telling the “Foul Territory” show that they’re “the guys who’ve given these fans the reason to be fans.”

Then, he told the Los Angeles Times’ Maddie Lee that he didn’t intend to take shots at “die-hard Dodgers fans.”

“They obviously exist, they’re out there. I grew up seeing those people, too, but it’s a see-me city, man. It’s a Lakers city where people show up to sit courtside and look good. And I view it the same way here.”

Dodgers fans got their revenge

While PCA helped key the Cubs to a win in the first game, he struggled afterward, and the Cubs dropped both of the next two games by a combined score of 18-4.

Dodgers Nation’s Doug McKain said with a performance like that, PCA doesn’t have a leg to stand on.

“We’re not going to look at ourselves for a second, we’re going to look at you, Pete Crow-Armstrong, and your numbers,” he said. “We went 2-for-10 with five strikeouts, back-to-back Ls.”

It’s a moment of vindication for Dodgers fans, who former Dodger and current Dodgers analyst Jerry Hairston Jr. defended against PCA’s barbs.

“People don’t realize outside of LA just how hardworking people are here in LA,” he told McKain. “They think it’s all glitz and glamor, it’s Hollywood, that’s what they think. These people here in LA are the hardest-working people I’ve known … They have a passion for their job, for work, and they have a passion for sports. I just wish other people knew that.”