Eric Collins reflects on calling Pete Crow-Armstrong hitting a homer into 'tarps off' section

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes were joined by broadcaster Eric Collins to reflect on calling the Cubs' win over the Cardinals on FOX on Saturday.

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0:00.0	found us everybody on a Saturday evening. This is going to be fun.
0:02.7	With my partner John Smoltz, I am Eric Collins.
0:21.2	All right, let's talk about the Chicago Cubs team that has been Dr. Chekell and Mr. Hyde. People have been in baseball a long time and never seen the type of season they've had. I've never seen it. I mean, we crowned them the pennant winners, right? They had won 10 in a row twice. Here's PCA. Pete Crow Armstrong.
0:22.4	He's had a nice night.
0:26.4	He was serenaded, I think, by the Tarts Out crew a couple of innings ago with an overrated chant, and he answered with a double.
0:29.2	They got some bad intel with you over a rated champion.
0:32.2	He's having a knife.
0:33.8	Look at this.
0:35.2	PCA hits it into the Tartchall Pro!
0:39.3	Take that for overrated!
0:42.3	Ah!
0:44.3	That's what talent does.
0:47.3	It responds.
0:48.3	Third hit of the night for Pete Crow Armstrong.
0:52.3	That is a stud right there. A baller. Cubs you really found something.
0:58.1	Walker into the gap left center field. Rottled up by Cromharmstrong. What a ball game for PCA.
1:08.4	That guy can really go get him. Cubs win by a final score of six to one on a Saturday
1:14.5	night in St. Louis. Eric Collins was having himself a time Saturday night on Fox, and I just
1:23.8	smiled. I was like, you know what? Do your damn thing.
1:28.4	So did I, man.
1:29.9	So did I.
1:30.4	And I'm not sometimes like the high energy baseball call can feel out of place.
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