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.Doing triple-timeSome context on Sunday’s walkoff home run allowed by Cubs reliever Ryan Rolison to Edgar Quero in the 10th inning of the team’s 9-8 loss to the White Sox. Rolison was pitching for the third straight day, appearing in all three games against the White Sox. It was the first time this season Cubs manager Craig Counsell had used any reliever on three successive days.Rolison had pitched on back-to-back days only once previously this season. Last season, his first in the big leagues, Rolison went back-to-back five times in 31 appearances for the Rockies. He had not pitched in three straight games at any time in his professional career.Counsell has turned to Rolison this season in more high-leverage situations, a new role for the left-handed reliever, because of the injuries that had decimated the Cubs pen. Last season with…
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