The 24-year-old superstar has arguably been the most exciting player in Major League Baseball this season, having put together what feels like countless memorable performances, showing off his power at the plate, speed around the bases, and ability to cover a freakish amount of space roaming center field.During the Cubs' 8-4 win over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night, PCA registered his seventh multi-home-run game of the season, with three of the seven taking place over the last three weeks alone.Pete Crow-Armstrong #4 of the Chicago Cubs celebrates a home run in the third inning of a game against the Atlanta Braves at Wrigley Field on Sept.16, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois.
(Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images)THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE.DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW!Something about Wednesday's two-home-run night, however, struck something within Counsell, so much so that he shared details about his emotions after his team's win over the Braves."When he hit the second homer, Alex Bregman was standing next to me," Cubs manager Craig Counsell said, according to 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."Crow-Armstrong's first home run of the contest came in the bottom of the third inning, and while it sent Wrigley Field into a frenzy, his second long ball of the night did, as Counsell alluded to, have a different feel about it.Pete Crow-Armstrong #4 of the Chicago Cubs celebrates a home run in the third inning of a game against the Atlanta Braves at Wrigley Field on September 16, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois.
(Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images)CUBS STAR PETE CROW-ARMSTRONG APPRECIATES THE WILD CONSPIRACY THEORY THAT BABE RUTH NEVER EXISTEDAs PCA stepped to the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning, the hometown crowd decided to shower him with "MVP" chants.Fac...