Nico Hoerner talks Cubs-Brewers series, Ranalli's pizza sales and more

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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4.2 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes bring you Chicago sports talk with great opinions, guests and fun. Join Spiegel and Holmes as they discuss the Bears, Blackhawks, Bulls, Cubs and White Sox and delve into the biggest sports storylines of the day. Recurring guests include Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson, former Bears coach Dave Wannstedt, former Bears center Olin Kreutz, Cubs manager Craig Counsell, Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner and MLB Network personality Jon Morosi. Catch the show live Monday through Friday (2 p.m. - 6 p.m. CT) on 670 The Score, the exclusive audio home of the Cubs and the Bulls, or on the Audacy app.

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0:00.0	Benning Six, second
0:01.6	Bingsman number two.
0:01.3	Nico Horner. Nico Horner, that's so funny. Nico Horner, how are you, man? Keep rocking it, mate. They're good hair. He does. He's Jack, too. Yeah, yeah. I'm jealous. It's called Court Awareness. That's right. Nico's got it. Cubs wins and dates with Bruce. It's a great thing. Double dates, Scott.
0:02.8	All right, guys, Nico Horner.
0:38.5	Nico did his weekly radio show appearance today on Spiegel and Holmes. Starting second vinksmid for your Chicago Cubs. You look at what he's been able to do in his career, right? Like, we have acceptance of who we are.
0:37.0	He's not a home run hitter, and who cares? He makes great contact. He sits there and he hits with runners in scoring position. What he does on the base pass, four straight seasons and 20 plus bowling bases, you know, the first cup to do that since Ryan Sandberg. And the runner goes the pitch is high, throw to second. Head first slide safe at second base is Nico Horner.
0:56.1	And he plays the pitch is high. Throw to second head first slide safe at second base is Nico Horner.
0:59.8	And he plays a position with respect and admiration of Ryan.
1:04.2	He takes the defense side as serious and as anybody and it shows.
1:07.6	Gonzalez, rounds one up the middle, backhanded by Horner on the outfield.
1:09.5	Grass is throw the first in time.
1:11.4	Beautiful play by Horner. Every team in the league fits there and goes, I would love to have a Nico Horner on the outfield. Grass is throwed up first in time. Beautiful play by Horner.
1:15.5	Every team in the league sits there and goes, I would love to have a Nico Horner on my team.
1:21.7	Line drive, base hit out into left center field. Hacks on the move, racing for third.
1:26.0	Nico to second and he's in. And the Cubs add on.
1:28.5	Nico's just, that's what he's great at.
1:30.5	His superpower kind of is his consistency.
1:34.5	He does it at a level that I think all the other players watch and admire.
1:38.1	And that's when you know it's kind of special, right?
1:39.8	He sets a great example every single day.
1:43.2	Nico Horner on 670 to score.
1:44.6	How fun is that. We are so happy to have our buddy Nico Horner on 670 to store. How fun is that.
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