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Spiegel & Holmes Show

Nico Hoerner on Cubs falling to Brewers in the NLDS: 'It hurts'

Spiegel & Holmes Show

Audacy

Sports

4.2652 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes were joined by Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner, who reflected on the club's strong season coming to a disappointing end with a loss to the Brewers in the National League Division Series.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Benning 6, second baseman number two, Nikko Horner.

0:06.4

You know, Nico didn't go to Japan with us, and he had surgery in the winter, and now I think it's like 156 games.

0:13.7

And that's what I'm the most proud of, really, is that that number.

0:17.1

Shoahe Otani struck out his first time up.

0:19.3

Maybe not the guy you wanted to play while you're talking to the, talking to the

0:22.4

food.

0:23.8

It's called court awareness.

0:25.3

That's right.

0:25.8

Nico's guy.

0:26.4

Swang and a line drive, and that's a base hit.

0:28.5

The Cubs win it.

0:29.9

Nico Horner, the game winner, a triple in the top of the 10th inning.

0:33.6

This is all time first.

0:35.5

You and I are going to dinner two nights in a row.

0:37.9

Are you going to let me go this second time or not? Absolutely. Cubs wins and dates with Bruce. It's a great thing. Double dates, Scott. Last week it was Nico's birthday, and we gave him the opportunity to design his own pizza, the Nico Horner special for Rinali. It's evolved. The controversial one, probably rufflesome feathers. I really love pineapple on pizza.

0:55.6

I don't know about that pineapple.

0:57.4

Maybe... It's evolved. The controversial one, probably ruffles and feathers. I really love pineapple on pizza. I don't know about that pineapple. Maybe, maybe say, give me the Nico, no pineapple. By the way, Nico Horner, he's got his own pizza. It has pineapple on it. It's a Cali thing. And Nico's just been thrown out of the game. Craig Counsel racing out of the Cubs' dugout. Not ejectable. No swearing, no cussing. I don't think it's really that often you can verbatim say to the press afterwards, like what got you thrown out? So I said, uh, you're having a really bad day. I think he did his weekly radio show appearance today on Spiegel and Holmes. The radio fellas were wearing shirts that said you're having a really bad day so far.

1:30.3

I've been telling the group chat.

1:31.5

I feel like June is going to be a month for you.

1:34.7

Yeah, just keep squaring them up.

1:36.3

Three-run Homer, Nico Horner, one of the longest we've ever seen him hit.

1:41.8

He got all of that one.

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