Dodgers fans will love Pete Crow-Armstrong getting torn to shreds for unforgivable fan interaction

Pete Crow-Armstrong didn't need to make himself a Dodgers enemy, but then he made some comments, and then he doubled down on those comments, and then he tripled down on those comments. The boos that greeted him when the Cubs visited Dodger Stadium were completely unsurprising ... and then he went 2-for-10 with zero extra-base hits or RBI in the series.

In the same way that Giants and Cubs fans (and Rockies fans, if such people exist) are eagle-eyed on everything Dalton Rushing does waiting for him to slip up again, Dodgers fans are similarly locked in on PCA, and will be the first in line to criticize him when he deserves it.

He made it all too easy on Sunday. After failing to catch a Miguel Vargas fly ball at the wall, a White Sox fan in the outfield seats behind him started to heckle. Crow-Armstrong turned and acknowledged her directly, leading to a vulgar exchange.

Crow-Armstrong has since apologized for the incident. Kind of. "I regret my choice of words the most and who that affects in my life," he said. "Directly or indirectly, I don't think that any of the women in my life would think I would say those kinds of words regularly. I'm just bummed out about the word choice and a bunch of little kids going to social media and seeing that as well."

Dodgers enemy Pete Crow-Armstrong is in hot water after a heated exchange with a White Sox fan

Completely unsurprisingly, there are defenders out there, and they're not hard to find. Beyond being unprofessional, female fans already experience various types of misogyny online and in the ballpark simply by virtue of being female baseball fans. For that kind of comment to come directly from a player is not only demoralizing but unacceptable.

Baseball fans cannot turn against players like Rushing because they're caught on camera insulting other players or making questionable slides and then turn around and dismiss Crow-Armstrong's actions as "just part of the game" in the same breath.

The online vitriol toward the fan has been similarly unacceptable, and Crow-Armstrong must've known that his actions would provoke those kinds of reactions. Monkey see, monkey do.

Regardless of whether or not the fan antagonized, this kind of language has no place in baseball. It doesn't have a place anywhere, but given that we can't change that, we should start here.

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