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Who is the Joey Chestnut of the Creighton baseball team?

Chestnut is the competitive eater who has won the past seven Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contests, held each Fourth of July in the iconic Brooklyn, New York, neighborhood of Coney Island.

The Big East will be playing its baseball tournament this week at MCU Park, a long line drive from where the hot dog eating contest is held. Given that, several Creighton players and assistant coach Spencer Allen were asked which Bluejay would be favored in a hot dog eating contest.

Infielder Tommy Clouthier was the only player to get multiple mentions.

“You have to have a little tenacity and be a little crazy to do something like that,” second baseman Jake Peter said. “So I’d go with Tommy Clouthier. He brings a little intensity to whatever he does.”

Peter also could see catcher Cody Kottich as a contender.

“He’s a guy that I could see going a little crazy up there,” Peter said.

Outfielder Mike Gerber also picked Clouthier, although infielder Landon Lucansky has potential. Gerber asked whom his teammates were mentioning.