Watch: Pete Crow-Armstrong Autograph Moves Young Fan to Tears
As evidenced by the crowd’s reaction, the Cubs clearly have a lot of fans down in Tampa for their series against the Rays. One of them was a kid holding a Pete Crow-Armstrong sign reading “WHITE BOY GOT MOTION,” which is a play on a popular social media meme used to show mock surprise when a non-melanated athlete shows impressive moves. Basically, it’s today’s version of being “sneaky athletic.”
PCA saw the sign and ran over to autograph a ball for the young fan, moving him to tears.
Pete saw this kid whose sign reads “White boy got motion” and ran up to take a photo with him. It left the young boy in tears ?? #Cubs @ScottyChags @WatchMarquee pic.twitter.com/kfckYaOZYh
— Taylor McGregor (@Taylor_McGregor) April 8, 2026
This reminds me of the time when I took my kids to see the Cubs in St. Louis and Chris Coghlan was signing for some kids before the game. He ended just shy of my son, who was beside himself for about five minutes after missing out. While that might not sound like quite the same thing, both due to the end result and the players’ respective prestige, don’t forget that Cogs was a white boy who had moves.
5 years ago today, Chris Coghlan scored by jumping over Yadi ?
(via @BlueJays)pic.twitter.com/AvEOrYxeJJ
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) April 25, 2022
The video doesn’t quite do the PCA encounter justice, so here are a few pics from Marquee photographer Scotty Chagnon.
With tears welling in his eyes, this kid couldn’t believe Pete picked him out of a crowd to take a photo with 🥹#This #Cubs https://t.co/5xTHmHeoZ9 pic.twitter.com/TW20aYbVro
— Scott Changnon (@ScottyChags) April 8, 2026
