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Nick Castellanos Tells Some Dumb Yinzer that the “Only Place There’s a Chicago River is in Chicago”

Kevin Kinkead

By Kevin Kinkead

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Mar 28, 2026; San Diego, California, USA; San Diego Padres designated hitter Nick Castellanos (21) celebrates after hitting a single during the sixth inning against the Detroit Tigers at Petco Park.
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Sean stumbled upon this on Instagram. It would seem as though this Pittsburgh guy goes around asking athletes really dumb questions, questions that don’t make sense, or they’re so deep and introspective that they end up being stupid and provoke a goofy response. All in the name of “content,” it would seem.

Here he is walking alongside Nick Castellanos, who, as you know, will take any question at face value and respond to it with the bluntness of a wooden club:

“The only place that there’s a Chicago River is in Chicago.”

This is the most Nick Castellanos interaction of all time. The kid asks him a bunch of dumb stuff, and Casty can tell him to fuck off, but instead he just carries on the conversation like it’s nothing. Then he says “thank you” and “no problem” as if he’s being interviewed by Good Morning America and not some slovenly Yinzer while walking down what appears to be Market Street.

Typical Casty interaction, but a message for the Yinzer –

“What you just said, is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response, were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it.”

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Kevin Kinkead

Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com

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