Jake Mintz talks red-hot Cubs, Nico Hoerner's MVP potential
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That is Zach Zaidman on the call. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score and joining us on our hotline and on Twitch. Twitch.tv slash The Score Chicago is one of the most fun Twitter accounts that's baseball related on the internet. Cespedes Family Barbecue, Jake Mintz at Cespedes BBQ now joining us. Jake, thanks for coming on.
Oh, it's a pleasure and a privilege. I spent some time in Chicago over the weekend. First time I'd been there at Wrigley Field in a decade. And I got to say, you folks got something special cooking. Not that you need to hear it from a foreigner like me.
A foreigner. No, we do want to hear what you think because that's how you popped up on my radar was you'd mentioned that you were going to Wrigley for the weekend. So what drew you to this particular matchup this weekend and why did you want to go?
So all my college buddies and I decided to do a little reunion, and what better place to go than Chicago, considering it's a direct flight from literally everywhere. And leading into the weekend, I considered doing this 9-9-9 challenge that I'm sure many of you folks have seen, which is nine beers, nine hot dogs, and nine innings. However, I will be honest with you, upon arrival in the Wrigley Field bleachers, It proved to be quite an expensive proposition. Well, yeah. And so I decided to pull the plug before even getting started. Wait, you didn't even make it through the first inning? I didn't know. Why would I embark upon that journey if I was not going to make it the whole way? Look, the 999 challenge is in my future.
I guarantee that.
What recent success have the Cubs experienced?
But it will be done at home. It will be done at home with a, you know, financially reasonably priced case of lager and some grilled franks right in front of me. I'm not, you know, I don't want to refinance my house in order to have to enjoy a nice day out at the ball yard.
What about a dollar dog night? You just need to find a ballpark that's got the dollar dogs. Then you're only down to $9 in dog cost.
That is true. However, I think it was like $17.99 for a beer out in the bleachers. I mean, what are we doing here? I mean, I saw that number, and I was just like, I can't. Jake, when was the last time you went to a Major League Baseball game?
I feel like those prices are— Hold on. The vendors have them for cheaper, I think.
So it's funny you do say that.
I don't drink beer as much, so I don't really know.
This was the first time I had had a beer at a ballgame in years because— Because now that I'm a member of the Baseball Writers Association of America and I'm at games all the time working them in the press box, I'm not out gallivanting throwing suds back. And I will say this sticker shock for me was really jarring. And you're right. I didn't realize. I just hadn't been drinking at games in a really long time. And I had to completely reshape my expectations.
I think that's the price of like a rosé at Wrigley. That I can tell you, but I can't tell you the price of a beer at Wrigley.
I love that you're going to do it at your house. Although I think going to a minor league game and doing it would be just as much fun because you get the same kind of... Doing it at your house just seems... I don't know. Well, doing it at your house solo seems sad.
Yes. That's what I'm saying. I didn't want to say that.
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