Dodgers vs. Cubs: Pete Crow-Armstrong Returns to LA After Controversial Comments

Apr 15, 2026; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Chicago Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong reacts against the Philadelphia Phillies in the sixth inning at Citizens Bank Park. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Ross-Imagn Images

But he said growing up in LA, he never connected with Dodgers fans.

“All fans fight and stuff, but I remember putting the Giants fan in a coma,” he said. “That stuck with me as a kid. Just little things, sitting in the stands, nasty stuff goes on that I didn’t always experience at other ballparks.”

As Dodgers Nation’s Doug McKain pointed out when PCA’s comments first surfaced, “Dodgers fans are going to show PCA they ‘give a sh*t.'”

How did Pete Crow-Armstrong grow up a Cubs fan in Los Angeles?

As detailed by Steve Henson of the Los Angeles Times, PCA may have been born and raised in Southern California, but his family was not Dodgers fans.

In fact, he was born into a Cubs family.

His father, an Illinois native, actually prohibited his son from rooting for the Dodgers or Cubs rivals the St. Louis Cardinals.

“Growing up in L.A., my dad gave me a couple of rules. 1) I couldn’t root for the Dodgers. 2) I couldn’t root for the Cardinals,” PCA wrote in The Players’ Tribune last year.

“He’s from Naperville, just outside Chicago. He didn’t force me to be a Cubs fan, but let’s just say it was heavily encouraged.”

When do the Dodgers and the Cubs play?

Friday, 7:15 p.m. PT on Apple TV: Jameson Taillon (1-1, 3.97 ERA) pitching for Cubs, Emmet Sheehan (2-0, 5.85 ERA) pitching for Dodgers

Saturday, 4:15 p.m. PT on Fox: Colin Rea (3-0, 3.00 ERA) for Cubs, Roki Sasaki (0-2, 6.11 ERA) for Dodgers

Sunday, 1:10 p.m. PT on SNLA: Shota Imanaga (2-1, 2.17 ERA) for Cubs, Justin Wrobleski (3-0, 1.88 ERA) for Dodgers