PITTSBURGH — A giddy Pete Crow-Armstrong scanned the visitors clubhouse Wednesday afternoon at PNC Park to take in the boisterous scene.

Crow-Armstrong, with ski goggles resting on the top of his head and eye black smeared across his face, tried to describe how he had envisioned the Chicago Cubs’ postgame celebration after making the playoffs for the first time in five years.

“I didn’t think I’d be so cold, like, my feet are cold and it’s making my upper body cold,” a grinning, shirtless Crow-Armstrong said. “Just picturing being able to give everybody a hug and let them know I appreciate them, and I feel like this moment has absolutely achieved that. So excited to do this today and then excited to forget about it and work to just achieve the ultimate end goal. This is the best.”

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