Pete Crow-Armstrong reps Cubs solo at All-Star Game, pushes back on being called face of the team
<p>PHILADELPHIA — Pete Crow-Armstrong had plenty of company Monday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park, where <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/mlb" target="_blank" >baseball</a>’s All-Stars met the media a day before the Midsummer Classic.</p><p>The last National Leaguer to emerge from the clubhouse and onto the field for the long walk to the concourse behind center field known as Ashburn Alley, Crow-Armstrong paused for a warm embrace from Dave Roberts, the Dodgers manager who will lead the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs" target="_blank" >Cubs</a> centerfielder and the NL squad for the second year in a row. Eventually, Crow-Armstrong arrived at his assigned interview table, at one end of a double-sided row of three dozen of them, and found a thick scrum of reporters waiting eagerly for him.</p><p>No small deal, this PCA fellow.
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<p>PHILADELPHIA — Pete Crow-Armstrong had plenty of company Monday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park, where <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/mlb" target="_blank" >baseball</a>’s All-Stars met the media a day before the Midsummer Classic.</p><p>The last National Leaguer to emerge from the clubhouse and onto the field for the long walk to the concourse behind center field known as Ashburn Alley, Crow-Armstrong paused for a warm embrace from Dave Roberts, the Dodgers manager who will lead the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs" target="_blank" >Cubs</a> centerfielder and the NL squad for the second year in a row. Eventually, Crow-Armstrong arrived at his assigned interview table, at one end of a double-sided row of three dozen of them, and found a thick scrum of reporters waiting eagerly for him.</p><p>No small deal, this PCA fellow. A year ago, he was the hottest first-time All-Star on the planet. Now, having made good on a $115 million contract extension with a balls-of-fire last six weeks of the first half as the Cubs got cooking again, he’s an MVP candidate with the highest position-player WAR in the majors and — let’s just tell it like it is — the profile and presence of a superstar.</p><p>“He’s a real one.
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- <p>PHILADELPHIA — Pete Crow-Armstrong had plenty of company Monday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park, where <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/mlb" target="_blank" >baseball</a>’s All-Stars met the media a day before the Midsummer Classic.</p><p>The last National Leaguer to emerge from the clubhouse and onto the field for the long walk to the concourse behind center field known as Ashburn Alley, Crow-Armstrong paused for a warm embrace from Dave Roberts, the Dodgers manager who will lead the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs" target="_blank" >Cubs</a> centerfielder and the NL squad for the second year in a row. Eventually, Crow-Armstrong arrived at his assigned interview table, at one end of a double-sided row of three dozen of them, and found a thick scrum of reporters waiting eagerly for him.</p><p>No small deal, this PCA fellow.
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