Jake Burger’s comeback story with Nick Hostetler

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The road that Jake Burger has traveled from being drafted by the White Sox in 2017 to his walk off grand slam on Sunday against the Tigers reads like a Hollywood movie. Chuck Garfien speaks with Nick Hostetler, the team’s scouting director from 2015-2019, about what he saw in Jake when they drafted him, his two Achilles tendon injuries and what Jake told Nick in the trainers room after he suffered the first one, what it took for him to find his way to the majors, Burger’s surprising speed on the bases, the emotion Nick feels when Burger does something great with the White Sox and more.

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0:00.0	That'll do it!
0:06.0	And it is a grand slam-a-down!
0:10.0	A burger bomb!
0:15.0	Cheeseburgers for everybody.
0:23.0	It's a sweet.
0:28.0	Hey, everybody, it's Chuck Arfine.
0:30.1	Welcome to the White Sox Talk podcast, brought to you by WinTrust.
0:33.9	I'm here in the virtual podcast studio powered by Points Bet. Well, Jake Berger's
0:40.9	comeback continues to amaze us. It's a baseball story straight out of Hollywood. In fact,
0:48.5	we're watching two of these Hollywood stories simultaneously with the White Sox.
0:54.9	Liam Hendricks was coming back from cancer.
0:58.5	And Sunday, he pitched a perfect ninth inning for his first win of the season.
1:03.9	And in the same game, there was Jake, who hit that walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the night to give the White Sox a dramatic sweep over the Tigers.
1:15.4	When the White Sox drafted Jake Berger in the first round in 2017, Nick Hostel, there was the team's scouting director.
1:22.5	He's been there with Jake through the ups and downs.
1:26.7	And on the podcast, I speak with Nick about Jake's comeback story.
1:32.9	And what a story it is.
1:35.6	And there are many more chapters to come.
1:39.4	It's coming your way.
1:42.3	Get your WinTrust exclusive debit card.
1:45.1	Get your socks card.
1:46.3	Ooh, I'll take one how much?
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