White Sox Brace for Wrigley Heckling After Crow-Armstrong's $5,000 Fine
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Updated · Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 16
White Sox Brace for Wrigley Heckling After Crow-Armstrong's $5,000 Fine
3 articles · Updated · Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 16
Summary
A 7-5 win over Detroit completed a White Sox sweep and sent them into Monday’s Wrigley opener expecting a hostile crowd, especially after Pete Crow-Armstrong’s May exchange with a fan.
That incident at Rate Field ended with MLB fining the Cubs center fielder $5,000 for a profane response, raising expectations that White Sox outfielders will hear it from Cubs fans.
Will Venable said his first-place club knows “what the crowd’s going to be like” after stretching its AL Central lead to 5 1/2 games, while newcomer Tristan Peters said he does not know what to expect in his first Wrigley game.
Brenton Doyle and Munetaka Murakami both said they expect a loud, intense atmosphere, with Doyle drawing on eight previous games at Wrigley and Murakami calling the series a likely “dogfight.”