In the middle of a darkened visitors clubhouse at PNC Park, the Chicago Cubs embraced each other. They clinched a postseason berth for the first time since 2020, but celebrated for the first time since 2017. They held off after making it in 2018, hoping to win the NL Central, just to finish second to the Milwaukee Brewers. "I’m just excited to keep doing what we’re doing, doing what we’ve done all year. "We got to go to the playoffs in 2020, but doing it near the end of a true 162 is totally different," Nico Hoerner said.