comments critical of Los Angeles Dodgers fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019ve gotten a lot of support from the people that know me,\u201d Crow-Armstrong said. \u201cI think most of them know that\u2019s something that came out specifically related to baseball and the situation at hand. That\u2019s not something I pride myself on, calling people names like that.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also said he heard from people in the organization, including his manager, Craig Counsell, who spoke to him earlier in the day.<\/p>\n
\u201cPete made a mistake with his choice of words,\u201d Counsell said. \u201cHe\u2019s aware of that, and that\u2019s it. He made a mistake, and you gotta move on from it. It\u2019s a reality of this job. It happens, fan interactions happen. You want to try and keep them positive even when they\u2019re not. Sometimes, when it\u2019s a really emotional situation, it\u2019s difficult. But it\u2019s still a requirement of the job.\u201d<\/p>\n
Counsell said that didn\u2019t mean he was against players interacting with fans, because sometimes it can be fun. It\u2019s about not crossing a line, even if the fans might.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s part of it,\u201d Cousnell said. \u201cSometimes it\u2019s fun, sometimes it\u2019s funny, sometimes it\u2019s hurtful. That happens a lot, too. But we have a standard to uphold that goes along with all the good stuff we get to experience. The fans being there is part of the good stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n
Counsell pointed out that Crow-Armstrong is an emotional player, and that\u2019s a \u201cgood thing.\u201d Not only does Crow-Armstrong need that emotion to thrive, but Counsell also said they love it. He also said it will improve and \u201cwill be pointed in a better direction as he gains experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
The combination of his flamboyant play, outspoken nature and a breakout 2025 campaign means Crow-Armstrong is under the microscope more than ever. Opposing fans are going to do whatever they can to get under his skin. And more often than not, in today\u2019s world, there will be a camera on him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to let that deter me from the competitiveness that I feel out on the field,\u201d Crow-Armstrong said. \u201cI think channeling it in a different way would probably be my next task. That\u2019s something I should be aware of at all times, that there will be cameras on me. I\u2019m not always going to let stuff like that fly, either. It\u2019s just about being a little more respectful and maybe killing somebody with kindness instead of matching their level of intent.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO \u2014 Player-fan interaction is a part of the game. Sometimes it can turn a little ugly. Whether…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":651545,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[479,2318,363,99],"class_list":["post-651544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-chicago-white-sox","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}