Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong fined $5,000 for fan interaction

Major League Baseball has fined Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong $5,000 for “comments made to a fan” at Sunday’s Cubs-White Sox game, according to industry sources.

Crow-Armstrong has the right to appeal, but that determination had not yet been made.

Crow-Armstrong responded to a female spectator who began to boo him and yell, “You suck” when he was just feet away after just missing a potential highlight reel catch. Crow-Armstrong responded with a profane response; he apologized for his choice of words before Monday’s game here.

“I’m just bummed out about the word choice and that a bunch of little kids probably find their way to social media and see that as well,’’ he said.

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