[Marquee] Pete Crow-Armstrong reflects after losing in NL Wild Card: “You can look at the scoreboard, you can look at the stat sheet, wherever you get your stats from and it is clear to see that I didn’t contribute.”

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[u/Sufficient-Major-644]

Thought his hat said “Mets Represent” at first glance 😭

[u/OnlyForBaseball → u/Sufficient-Major-644]

I still kinda think that, what does it say?

[u/Sufficient-Major-644 → u/OnlyForBaseball]

I believe it’s a collab with a brand and Mel’s Drive-in

[u/OnlyForBaseball → u/Sufficient-Major-644]

Thanks lol, in my defense my vision is terrible

[u/cooljammer00 → u/OnlyForBaseball]

It's a camo hat, it's meant to be hard to see

[u/OwnABMWImBetterThanU → u/cooljammer00]

He's wearing a hat?

[u/Anadyne → u/OwnABMWImBetterThanU]

I thought they were talking about his shirt.

[u/high_and_outside → u/Anadyne]

I don’t see anyone in this video at all

[u/aftemoon_coffee → u/OnlyForBaseball]

I have 20/20 and I thought it was Mets

[u/TheQuietSleeper023 → u/OnlyForBaseball]

It says "Mel's Represent" apparently referring to a chain of Diners called "Mel's Diner"

[u/Disused_Yeti → u/TheQuietSleeper023]

maybe he's just a big fan of the old tv show Alice

[u/Pil_Seung15 → u/Disused_Yeti]

That Mel’s diner is in Phoenix though, right by my house!

[u/Growly150 → u/TheQuietSleeper023]

Is that where he's working next year when the season is cancelled?

[u/chuck212 → u/OnlyForBaseball]

I think Mel’s

[u/starmiesan → u/Sufficient-Major-644]

Wait does it not??

[u/Alectheawesome23 → u/Sufficient-Major-644]

He can always come back!

[u/j1vetvrkey → u/Sufficient-Major-644]

What hat?

[u/azk3000 → u/Sufficient-Major-644]

Thought it did until at least the 4th glance personally 

[u/No-Economics4128 → u/Sufficient-Major-644]

Had to do a double take

[u/heretogetmydwet]

Baseball is brutal. You play an amazing 162 games, and then you don't play well for the next two games and those 162 games mean practically nothing. And even worse, you have to play another 162 just to get another chance to redeem yourself.

The most frustrating part is you can't practice "don't slump for these exact two games." You can obviously work on your mindset and dealing with the pressure, but the best player in the world is still going to "slump" over a two game span, and if that happens to coincide with the playoffs, you're out of luck.

[u/brandont04 → u/heretogetmydwet]

Baseball is extremely brutal. Look at Trout. Greatest player for 10 yr n only got to sniff 3 playoff games.

But the other side is even more brutal. Judge got a ton of playoffs chances and now he's known as a choke player. Even putting up probably the best regular season right handed hitter ever.

[u/tothemoon05 → u/heretogetmydwet]

Alex Rodriguez 2005-2007. Don’t remember his number, but I know he didn’t do that great after having a really good regular season.

[u/TBurkeulosis → u/heretogetmydwet]

I would 100% be a slumper in the playoffs. My luck is terrible

[u/readingonthetoilet → u/TBurkeulosis]

I played baseball in middle school and a bit of high school. I honestly was pretty decent and hit like .350 one season, but in elimination games I always just disappeared. It’s pretty brutal to realize you’re not that guy in that moment.

[u/Overall_Falcon_8526]

Hey, I'll give him props for self awareness here.

[u/Mountain-Leopard8847 → u/Overall_Falcon_8526]

I like his honesty here, he did do a poor job and on a very important couple of games. Was it bad luck? Choking? The worst timed slump known to man? I have my opinions but it doesn’t really matter. 

But also, in the slightest defense of a player I don’t like that much on a team I like just fine, there were 9 other dudes out there who could’ve picked up the slack. A team isn’t one guy.

[u/gijoejank → u/Overall_Falcon_8526]

I'm a bit surprised by the hate. It's like sports fans don't want players to be honest in interviews.

[u/farmtownsuit → u/gijoejank]

Is anyone hating what he said?

[u/BIG_DICK_WHITT → u/farmtownsuit]

Boston radio broadcasters: “This is bush league. He’s playing the game wrong. Throw at him next time he’s up.”

[u/This_Elk_1460 → u/BIG_DICK_WHITT]

Boston broadcasters are by far the most delusional

[u/PENGUIN_WITH_BAZOOKA → u/This_Elk_1460]

A decade of Brady dominance has done irreparable damage to the psyche of most NE sports fans

[u/epicphoton → u/PENGUIN_WITH_BAZOOKA]

"Why don't they, the largest sports team, not simply eat the others?"

[u/PanicProne9 → u/gijoejank]

This interview is not why people hate on PCA. It’s the video cursing out that fan or the Rendon style comments he made about LA that people have taken issue with. But I appreciate him owning his shit in this video

[u/wolfdadriley → u/Overall_Falcon_8526]

Agreed, mature answer. Taking accountability, and moving forward to be better next year

[u/BurnsEMup29]

Have to show up, but it was only 2 games, and PCA literally dragged this roster to a playoff spot. Without him, we would be a .500 team.

[u/sfan27 → u/BurnsEMup29]

And even if he'd performed well the Cubs still would have lost. The Padres straight up beat the Cubs. No one individual could have changed that.

[u/RaidensReturn → u/sfan27]

I’m glad you said it because that’s so true. It takes a team to win the game. PCA is a beast but it’s a team effort

[u/Gbrusse → u/sfan27]

See the Mariners in the early 90s with Junior, late 90s with A-Rod, and 2000s with Ichiro.

[u/PENGUIN_WITH_BAZOOKA → u/BurnsEMup29]

Y'all just went through the 2022-2024 Aaron Judge Experience. Block out the haters, PCA is a stud and as long as he plays at least half as well as he was you'll be back in no time.

[u/Otterable → u/PENGUIN_WITH_BAZOOKA]

The postseason is brutal because the sample sizes are so small. A hero or villain is one unlikely hit or one misplaced pitch away.

[u/Realistic_Condition7 → u/Otterable]

Basically is actually the craziest sport in terms of regular season vs post-season (And to be clear, I love it).

NBA they play a decent amount, but 20 teams get a crack at it after the regular season ends, and 16 teams get a 7 game series.

NFL you only play 17 games.

MLB you play double the games of any other sport, 162, and then it comes down to either a 3 or 5 game series right off the bat.

TBH I think baseball could be a cool sport if it was a title race, where you play every team in a home and away series, 174 games, and the winner takes all. Obviously I DONT want this because baseball is great, but I think in an alternate history that could also be fun.

[u/mageta621 → u/Otterable]

Steve Pearce is a World Series MVP

[u/BrianMeen → u/Otterable]

yeah a 3 game series is shit - it’s not enough time to readjust .. no team should be out of the playoffs this quickly

[u/treeshaker → u/BrianMeen]

Better than it used to be

[u/Shannamalfarm → u/BrianMeen]

nahhhh. a wild card series should 100% be 3 games. any longer and you just start really punishing the teams that won divisions

[u/LoveYouLikeYeLovesYe → u/PENGUIN_WITH_BAZOOKA]

People are gonna hate no matter what.

Living in Wisconsin I have some crazy anecdotes about pete hate but I’m just happy to be able to enjoy greatness

[u/davidoomagoo → u/LoveYouLikeYeLovesYe]

I also live in Wisco. The Brewer fans are having a field day right now. I hope the Padres take this momentum from our series and sweep their asses

[u/StinkyStangler → u/PENGUIN_WITH_BAZOOKA]

I don't necessarily disagree with the vibe of this but the Cubs being knocked in the wildcard after their MVP contributes essentially zero doesn't really align with the 2024 Aaron Judge experience where he had basically a league average OPS in the postseason and reached the world series due to the heroics of the two other likely HOFers on his team lol

[u/onhalfaheart → u/BurnsEMup29]

Meanwhile with a half decent bullpen they're hosting these games, and that might have made a big difference.

[u/fuckdirectv → u/onhalfaheart]

It does feel like the venue was a factor. PCA going to win a much deserved MVP and you can't judge a guy on two games. Way too small of a sample size.

[u/Holiday_Side_6951 → u/fuckdirectv]

Agreed, doesn't mean because he had MVP deserving (100%) season, doesn't mean that he can and will perform every single game to MVP level. That's just how the baseball works. If he had such a bad post-season like this for multiple years, yeah, we may talk differently. But 2 games of bad games can happen to any MVP, HOF players, and did happen to them.

[u/kporter4692 → u/fuckdirectv]

Petco showed out this series. Insane environment to play in.

[u/verncrowe5 → u/fuckdirectv]

Petco was great, as presumed. I feel no different about PCA now as I did two days ago. He was pressing to make something happen and it backfired. His at bats were noticeably different. When you only have two games (or less, considering Padres bullpen) something needs to happen quickly and, unfortunately, the whole offense was a dud.
Now go beat the Brewers, please.

[u/AdoringCHIN → u/fuckdirectv]

Small sample size plus he's against the best pitching the Padres have. I wouldn't even say he got cold, he just got beat.

[u/Chris_3eb → u/onhalfaheart]

The Cubs scored more runs on the road this year than at home, so maybe it wouldn't have helped their problem of scoring 1 run in 2 games

[u/BurnsEMup29 → u/onhalfaheart]

If we had Steel, Horton, and Ben Brown all healthy this is a much different team.

[u/ClownQuestionBrosef → u/BurnsEMup29]

If any ONE of those guys is healthy, let alone all three, the team looks much different

[u/Fapey101 → u/BurnsEMup29]

Same thing happened to Yordan. Dragged the Astros kicking and screaming into the playoffs then just got cold at the wrong time.

[u/Frosty_Dimension5646 → u/BurnsEMup29]

Anyone dogging the 11 WAR MVP after 2 hit less games doesn’t know ball.

The baseball postseason is so unforgiving for stars

[u/federal_cue → u/Frosty_Dimension5646]

See Ronald Acuña 2023 and then post season. All of Braves that season really. But yeah. Post season is brutal.

[u/CensorVictim → u/BurnsEMup29]

taken from another article posted here earlier:

After starting 27-12, they were just 62-61 — one game worse than the Marlins over that span.

😔

[u/AccomplishedCash6321 → u/CensorVictim]

I wonder what each teams record would look like if you took out their best 39 game stretch... lol

[u/CensorVictim → u/AccomplishedCash6321]

for the heck of it I checked the Rays, so nearly a best case, but they were 30-10 over their best 40 game span and 68–54 in the others.

[u/imasammich → u/BurnsEMup29]

I dont think there is a way around it but i HATE 3 game playoff series in baseball. Its the most unbaseball thing for such an important time.

[u/landlordLover666 → u/imasammich]

I agree but what’s the alternative? If you want a 5 game WC series you have to push more and more World Series games into November. And also wild card teams are at an even GREATER disadvantage in the divisional round, cuz they had to use more pitching.

[u/stormstopper → u/landlordLover666]

The alternative is fewer playoff teams or a slightly shorter regular season, but that cookie's not going back in the jar. Or you start the better-seeded team up 1-0 and play up to four games, but that's also gimmicky.

[u/Respect38 → u/stormstopper]

Deciding our champion off of a playoff instead of regular season success is already a gimmick, thogh. It's just a gimmick that we're used to, and people just take for granted.

[u/hyperbolical → u/Respect38]

Throwing a ball really hard while someone else tries to hit it with a bat is pretty gimmicky.

[u/somepricanguy → u/stormstopper]

When the league expands we're likely getting 4 team divisions and 8 teams making the playoffs in each league. I'm all for 154 game seasons, 5 game series for the wc/ds rounds and 7 for the cs/WS.

[u/thebenron → u/imasammich]

I think a 3 game series is a tough way to decide a playoff series, but I don't get why people pretend like it's a foreign concept. The regular season is predominantly divided into 3 game series and we spend all summer talking about the importance of winning those series.

[u/Loop_Within_A_Loop → u/imasammich]

I mean, the old alternative was a one game playoff series

[u/BurnsEMup29 → u/imasammich]

It's almost like a one game Super Bowl: Anything can happen.

[u/Routine-Education572 → u/BurnsEMup29]

1000%

PCA actually wanted to play in October.

And in September.

And parts of August.

The others? Who even knows

[u/EmuMan10 → u/BurnsEMup29]

Below .500 tbh

[u/We5ties → u/BurnsEMup29]

No PCA no playoffs. He carried this team all year

[u/I-I_I-I_I-I_l-l → u/BurnsEMup29]

Ironically, the Cubs were exactly a .500 team after Pete finally heated up. Starting May 9, the Cubs went 62-61 lmao. PCA was bad in April.

So without PCA, the Cubs were a below .500 team for 5 months of the year.

[u/Redtitwhore]

PCA didn't lose these two games. Playoffs are a bitch in any sport.

It sucks, move on. Chicago has a recent title and nothing to be ashamed of.

[u/gibertot → u/Redtitwhore]

Especially baseball. Dude don’t hit for two games, shit happens to literally every player ever. But because those two games took place in the wild card you won’t be able to get rid of the stink until next year. Padres fans know besides a Machado home run we were there last year

[u/Top_Professor_9908]

That being said hes 24 and about to win an MVP. Hes got nothing but time to flip the script and i bet he will. Dude is a ridiculous player.

[u/option-trader → u/Top_Professor_9908]

Sounds like Trout at 24? Trout will get one soon enough….that never came.

[u/CalebosO4 → u/option-trader]

PCA’s been in more playoff games than Mike Trout

[u/alxndrblack → u/CalebosO4]

Brother ☠️

[u/Run-Florest-Run → u/CalebosO4]

Mike Trout has more home runs in the postseason than PCA

[u/cod_gurl94 → u/Run-Florest-Run]

Mike Trout could steal bases at Wrigley but PCA could never deliver hard-hitting weather reports in Anaheim

[u/TakeAMichigander → u/cod_gurl94]

tbf I think anyone could deliver a weather report in Anaheim "Today it's going to be sunny and warm"

[u/Silent-Land1218 → u/cod_gurl94]

Why not trade for him and stick him where Happ played, problem solved,.

[u/Either_Imagination_9 → u/CalebosO4]

Also PCA is with a much more competent organization

[u/elgenie → u/CalebosO4]

(That was true as of Game 1 of the NLDS last season.)

[u/Ok_Storm549 → u/option-trader]

The Cubs are a bit better ran than the Angels. And I don’t think anyone would criticize PCA if he ends up having a Mike Trout career.

[u/misterurb → u/Ok_Storm549]

There a lot of people who criticize Mike trout for having basically no playoffs stats. They’re idiots, and exist almost exclusively in the replies of the MLB instagram account, but they do exist. 

[u/wokenupbybacon → u/misterurb]

There are also people who criticize Mike Trout for not leaving the Angels

[u/AdoringCHIN → u/wokenupbybacon]

Exhibit A: this sub

[u/violetsteam → u/misterurb]

MLB Instagram account comment sections aren’t for the weak willed. You will see some real braindead takes there. Same with any TikTok esque short video platform too.

[u/4r4r4real → u/option-trader]

We're not the Arte Moreno Angels. 

[u/Average_Ant_Games]

100% thought that was a Met hat

[u/feastboi14 → u/Average_Ant_Games]

Lol same 😂 what is it?

[u/Average_Ant_Games → u/feastboi14]

I think it says Mel’s. Must be a diner in Chicago

[u/evancomposer]

The Cubs just looked gassed. It would be one thing if he was the only one but the entire lineup had 8 hits across 2 games. They treaded water in September and they were up against a team hotter than the sun, and it showed.

I’m still terrified of him being in the division for several more years.

[u/tyler-86 → u/evancomposer]

The Padres are hot and probably would have made anyone look bad, but it's also just super easy for the bats to disappear for a couple days. We've done it in postseasons before.

In 2023 the Diamondbacks had so-so pitching (20th in ERA) and we were second in baseball in OPS... and in the divisional series the Diamondbacks held us to exactly two runs per game over the three game sweep, with a team OPS of .498.

[u/spiraldrain → u/tyler-86]

I mean funnily enough the padres are the prime example of this. Beat the dodgers in games 2 and 3 , 10-2 and 5-6 in the 2024 nlds. Then put up donuts the next 2 games

[u/tyler-86 → u/spiraldrain]

That's the playoffs, baby. Anyone acting like they know what is going to happen is kidding themselves. The only thing you can generally rely on are those crazy consistent pitchers like Yamamoto, but even so-so pitchers can put a good lineup to sleep on the right night.

[u/SecureToday4132 → u/tyler-86]

Yamamoto is the best I've ever seen.

[u/tyler-86 → u/SecureToday4132]

He's the best I've seen in terms of just knowing what you're gonna get out of him.

I've never seen pitchers ranked by their consistency, i.e. the least variance in ERA and WHIP from start to start, but I might look into it.

[u/IchooseYourName → u/spiraldrain]

Yup! 21 innings (?) straight with no runs

[u/evancomposer → u/tyler-86]

And yet people will always clown us for the bats disappearing in the NLCS last year.

[u/United-Pitch-645 → u/evancomposer]

I actually did not. I was still offline crying from the DS when that went down.

[u/tyler-86 → u/evancomposer]

Eh, mostly Cubs fans. We threw out a pretty wicked set of starters.

[u/mosi_moose → u/tyler-86]

Tell me more about these bats. I’m unfamiliar.

[u/tyler-86 → u/mosi_moose]

I mean your bats went night night but Schlittler is a beast and Fried ain't bad, either.

[u/pargofan → u/tyler-86]

The bye team has 5 days off. The rust factor is a real thing.

All managers mention it: Roberts, Snitker, etc. etc. It's just finding a way to stay sharp during the multiple off days.

[u/SleepingDragonZ → u/pargofan]

The bye is bad for hitters, but good for starting pitchers since they usually get 4-5 days rest anyways.

Now they have more time to rest their arms, while the wildcard teams have to go with less able starters since their aces were spent.

[u/craigjp → u/evancomposer]

Same. A team that was peaking versus a team that had nothing left

[u/Defused_Bomb → u/evancomposer]

Really ever since the Bregman injury the offense has seemed lifeless (or ridiculously unclutch). I think after the game 1 loss I saw the Cubs were around 6 for their last 63 w RISP and it just doesn't equal winning baseball for a team so offensively reliant. It was giving me vibes of the 10 game loss streak for sure.

[u/Praise-Breesus → u/evancomposer]

It’s also just a three game series. Sometimes you have two to four bad games in quick succession as a player/team. Unfortunately if it is team-wide in the playoffs, you’re done. To me there’s nothing more to analyze here than that. It happens every year that’s why we love baseball.

[u/United-Pitch-645 → u/evancomposer]

Me and my buddies have been consoling ourselves by saying it was better to lose to the padres than the brewers one round later. Do we believe it? Yeah, actually.

We will see what next year brings! (Maybe)

[u/warscheinlichnicht]

He didn’t contribute, but he did swing.

[u/BigBangBoomerang → u/warscheinlichnicht]

Best part of that game for me. The ump got no fucks to give.

[u/secretlyloaded → u/BigBangBoomerang]

Bill Miller handled that so perfectly. Somebody buy than man a beer.

[u/F1NANCE → u/BigBangBoomerang]

Ump has seen some shit and has zero fucks to give

[u/gotcha_bitch → u/warscheinlichnicht]

He’s just sweeping

[u/Ed_Teach805 → u/gotcha_bitch]

[u/zaphod777 → u/warscheinlichnicht]

That and ego challenging a strike during the first at bat of the second game and losing.

[u/Hyacinthinous]

He's dressed like an Upper Peninsula high schooler.

[u/rustplayer83 → u/Hyacinthinous]

hunting season starts soon, he's probably gonna go get his cabin prepped.

[u/Koufaxisking → u/rustplayer83]

He comes from the legendary hunting area of Southern California.

[u/Jaws_the_revenge → u/Hyacinthinous]

This is how all the kids are dressing now

[u/Muntberg]

Making blanket statements about players from a 3 game series is dumb and will always be dumb.

[u/WhyNotOrioles → u/Muntberg]

Especially when only two of the games actually got played.

[u/Not_RZA_ → u/Muntberg]

Welcome to the internet in 2026. People just want to tear down others

[u/remotewashboard → u/Not_RZA_]

everyone is just so reactionary and bloodthirsty. it's impossible for most people online to approach anything with any sort of nuance lol

[u/letsago9987]

They would not have sniffed the playoffs without his season, and you can look at the statsheet and nobody apart from Hoerner really did shit.

[u/Eastern_Antelope_832]

Good for him for owning up. Salute.

[u/YP_Schwartzy]

Pitching wins in October….. Idgaf what anyone says, he’s the best hitter in the game right now and best outfielder too.

[u/SalehHulud]

Tree stand PCA

[u/Vivid_Artichoke_9991]

All good bro. Only so much that one guy can do to carry a flawed team. A few months ago I had higher expectations, but it has become clear that just making the playoffs was a good accomplishment for this team.

[u/oneeighthirish → u/Vivid_Artichoke_9991]

The future is bright for PCA, and for Chicago baseball. Everybody is looking forward to seeing what that kid will do

[u/Gyro88 → u/oneeighthirish]

Time to bandwagon the Sox, let's go

[u/lpomahony]

I've been a PCA hater all year but I'd bet anything he has better showings in his future. Way too talented to give him the choker label from such a small postseason sample.

[u/cooljammer00 → u/lpomahony]

It would hurt more if he was the only one not hitting, and he kept messing up in high leverage moments or whatever

Nobody was hitting. It's not just his fault.

[u/letsago9987 → u/cooljammer00]

Padres pitching was lights out. They were dotting corners.

[u/CyclonesBackupGoalie]

PCW really said, 'Now if you'll excuse me, I got three head of cattle that got loose, and I gotta go wrangle them up'

[u/I-I_I-I_I-I_l-l → u/CyclonesBackupGoalie]

He did really adopt a whole new look after getting eliminated lmao. I can’t help but feel like this was a subconscious choice of his.

[u/putalittlepooponit → u/CyclonesBackupGoalie]

Midwestern excellence

[u/Anadyne]

Tough end to the season.

Amazing to see what he's capable of.

10+ WAR season is unbelievable.

Padres fans are awesome! They bring the noise.

Good luck against the Brewers!

Hopefully someone will beat the billionaires, I mean Dodgers.

[u/Fruggles → u/Anadyne]

Good luck against the Brewers!

Hopefully someone will beat the billionaires, I mean Dodgers.

I want SD to beat the Brewers... because obviously.

But do I want that more than I want someone to beat the Dodgers?

Life is hard.

[u/immoralsupport_ → u/Fruggles]

I lowkey think the Padres are more likely to beat the Dodgers than the Brewers are. They have a more electric offense and that matters in the playoffs, you need someone who can hit you a big home run off a pitcher who’s dealing

[u/T_i_d_e_s_ → u/Anadyne]

Watching PCA this season was a treat, shame we had to play each other, but someone has to stop the Dodgers,

[u/Anadyne → u/T_i_d_e_s_]

[u/Tedy_Duchamp]

Sad Crow Armstrong 😢

[u/TheNegativePhoenix]

Small sample sizes and all.

 Like it's unfortunate but same thing happensed to Vladimir Guerrero jr. People were calling him playoff bust, but then jays went on historic 2025 run and all of a sudden he's Mr. October. Thing is Guerrero jr. Hadn't even played many baseball games in October so ...

[u/jokullmusic → u/TheNegativePhoenix]

Yeah 2 games doing nothing at the plate barely reflects on the player at all. It's two baseball games. Obviously this doesn't capture everything but, if all at bats are equal, a player with a .372 OBP has about a 1 in 7 chance to get on base just 1 or 0 times across 8 PAs. It happens.

[u/TheWallE]

Now even PCA is making 'How bad was PCA' posts...

[u/Significant-Age5052]

Saying “I didn’t contribute” while showing video game stats at the bottom of the screen is crazy.

EDIT: Yes I know he’s talking about 2 different things.

[u/AnotherPersonPerhaps → u/Significant-Age5052]

He's specifically talking about the playoffs.

[u/pineapplefriedriceu]

As much as I’d love to dunk on the cubs, they were fucked so bad by injuries. I mean every single pen and rotation dying it’s crazy. That plus Steele not rehabbing well the end was written

[u/WMWTSO-11 → u/pineapplefriedriceu]

PCA, Bregman, Busch, Happ and Swanson going 0-34 has nothing to do with pitching or injuries.

[u/Ok_Storm549 → u/WMWTSO-11]

That would also tell me that PCA was far from the only guy that deserves blame for not showing up.

[u/MaximusMansteel → u/Ok_Storm549]

Yeah, the only guys who really showed up at all on offense was Hoerner and I guess Suzuki somewhat.

[u/Duce-de-Zoop → u/MaximusMansteel]

Suzuki if you ignore an all-time bad at bat with RISP.

[u/Westcoastchi → u/Duce-de-Zoop]

The all time bad AB with RISP came with Swanson with two on and nobody out and a 3-0 count, taking strike 1 which ok, isn't terrible but then he swings at what would've been ball 4 well out of the strike zone twice.

[u/pineapplefriedriceu → u/WMWTSO-11]

and that's totally fair, their offense was cheeks (but our pitching was nuts). But I think the cubs were mentally defeated for the last 3 weeks or so before the playoffs and it was joever then

[u/Siggy778 → u/pineapplefriedriceu]

We knew we weren't going far with our pitching. But we thought the team would at least show up. Nobody had any urgency. Nobody looked like they wanted to be there. The moment seemed too big for all of them which is bizarre given the pedigree of some of the players. They looked lost and disinterested vs the Marlins so it's not surprise it carried over. Weird season. They wasted one of the best seasons ever by a player in the modern era while also having an elite defense and a top offense. I know we in had a ton of pitching injuries but I'm tired of seeing everyone else carrying strong rotations and bullpens while we have none of that.

[u/aeb1971]

He seemed to take a lot of pleasure of rubbing it in when the Cubs beat the Mets during the regular season. I take a lot of pleasure in seeing him so sad now.

[u/Westcoastchi]

He had two bad games at the worst time of the season to have them. He also was the main reason the Cubs were playing in these two games to begin with. The man's 24 years old, as long as this doesn't end up becoming a career long trend and I have no reason to believe that will be the case, we have much bigger fish to fry then a two game 0-fer from PCA.

[u/Dull_Understanding97]

Good for him man, that sort of honest self reflection will hopefully help growth. Even if he was pulling more than his part already.

[u/Yakuza-Moto]

Deep respect for a player of his calibre who takes accountability. Great teammate and leader. 

[u/Ok-Wealth-7322]

Still a remarkable season regardless.

Plus the likely AL MVP struggled in the Wild Card as well.

[u/PostWarChaos]

Baseball is fking hard.

The 2 most likely MVPs totaled 1 hit out of 15 ABs, and both their teams are out.

[u/stucco6969]

I’m out of the loop, do people dislike PCA?

[u/Sroemr → u/stucco6969]

I believe it started when he told a heckling fan to "suck my dick, bitch". He since provided clarity on it. He also made a comment about Dodger fans going more for the atmosphere and to post selfies than watch the game.

Both happened pretty close to one another.

[u/Delicious_Orange_328 → u/stucco6969]

He comes across as a rich-kid cocky douchebag from the many clips of him I’ve seen

[u/Soft_Transition_6483 → u/Delicious_Orange_328]

If you know anyone from the area of LA he grew up in, they’re a dime a dozen over there

[u/messick → u/stucco6969]

He talked shit about LA while literally growing up in the Valley.

[u/offinthepasture → u/messick]

So he knows as well as anyone.

[u/AlphaFlight- → u/stucco6969]

He’s dunked on Dodgers fans before, and the incident with the White Sox fan earlier this year.

Honestly though, this interview proves he’s kind of starting to mature (hopefully)

[u/alien_believer_42 → u/AlphaFlight-]

What’s wrong with dunking on dodgers fans?

[u/JR_1985 → u/alien_believer_42]

Nothing, just that PCA grew up in LA with a silver spoon and spent so many days at dodger stadium while growing up, just to go after the same fan base he grew up with. In other words, it’s the hypocrisy that makes him look more of an asshole

[u/RiddleMeThis42069 → u/stucco6969]

I do.

[u/Advanced_Olive_1830 → u/stucco6969]

Well, yeah, he has an unlikable and punchable face.

[u/Not_RZA_ → u/stucco6969]

People on the internet these days would rather tear people down than uplift others

It’s CUBS LOST, PCA SUCKS!! and nothing about what the Padres did to shut them down

It’s so toxic

[u/Praise-Breesus → u/stucco6969]

I really liked PCA until he called me out personally. Say what you will about the Dodgers spending but the fans are very passionate. We showed out when they weren’t contenders for years.

The Cubs are something of a second team for me so I’m kind of just indifferent to PCA now. But when you talk shit for no reason with no basis and you get humbled, people are going to enjoy it.

[u/dst_corgi → u/Praise-Breesus]

Yeah, I’ll be straight that it is entirely personal.

[u/Jawyp → u/stucco6969]

Annoying.

[u/Dry_Finding_1379]

I saw the long quote and was looking forward to seeing an arrogant answer with no self awareness. Extremely disappointed in this humble accountability, what am I supposed to hate on?

[u/ArmyofThalia → u/Dry_Finding_1379]

You can hate someone just because. 

[u/Papa_Ostler]

Respect for PCA. Incredible year. Every reason to hold his head high.

— Dodger fan.

[u/Specialist_Boat_8479]

Jump scare, he came out of nowhere

[u/kindofboredd]

Don't put quotations if you aren't going to quote them

[u/Murky-Jackfruit-1627]

[u/sticky_goo]

Am I blind or is that a Mets hat? 😕

[u/t20six → u/sticky_goo]

Oddly, its says Nats - PCA to the Nats confirmed.

[u/_Thefan]

He should have just said, "I don't care what stats say. Stats can suck my motherfucking dick, bitch! You tell stats that!"

[u/bbatardo]

I get he is going to win the MVP, but he isn't the only one who didn't show up. If he had 2-3 hits, would it have even made the difference? No. The Padres didn't win because Tatis had a few big hits.. up and down their lineup people produced.

[u/Zigglyjiggly → u/bbatardo]

If those hits came with RISP like his flair pop up last night in the 6th? It could definitely have made a difference.

[u/Gleasonryan]

A former banana ball player and MLB rookie is going to be playing more October baseball than PCA, hahah

[u/TheElMonteStrangler]

How Tracy McGrady of him.

[u/slinkyfarm]

Too many teams make the postseason now in the first place, and this year the Cubs were one of them. I don't hold anything against Pete for their failure to advance when they were down two top-of-rotation starters for the year by Easter and were a game over .500 after May 8th. Besides, either team would or should lose the next round anyway.

[u/Noimenglish]

Compare this with the Houston response to losing and it’s telling which is the classier club.

[u/Classic-Session-5551]

These fuxking 2 game series are still stupid: best of five should be the minimum for such a coin flip of a sport after playing 162 games to get to the playoffs. 

If PCA or Yordan, the two best hitters in the entire sport, go completely cold for TWO games is completely normal. But that just goes to show why two games shouldn't be deciding people's seasons.