Pete Crow-Armstrong just wrapped up one of the best Cubs seasons ever, and he’s not done yet

Pete Crow-Armstrong was in a sort of mini-funk. The All-Star center fielder had gone 3 for his previous 20 with seven strikeouts and no extra-base hits and the Cubs were headed into a mid-September three-game series against the eventual NL East champion Braves. He was still the overwhelming favorite to win the National League MVP, but things hadn't been going right.

He popped out in foul territory in his first at-bat. Next time up, PCA sent a rocket double down the right-field line. And it was, as they say, on. He finished the game with four hits, including a home run, and four RBI. Two nights later, he went 3 for 4 with a triple and two home runs. In a single series against a playoff team, he had one four-hit game and another 11-base game.

"When he hit the second homer, Alex Bregman was standing next to me," Cubs manager Craig Counsell said after the two-home run game (via MLB.com). "I said, 'Alex, we don't get to see things like this.' You spend your whole life in baseball and you just don't see this happen on a baseball field. You're grateful to be a part of it.

"You're grateful…

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