Virgil Patrick "Pat" Hughes is the play-by-play
baseball announcer for the Chicago
Cubs, working for WGN radio. He currently is in his 10th year of
partnership with color commentator Ron Santo, former All-Star third
baseman for the Chicago Cubs. Prior to that, he spent 12 years calling
games for the Milwaukee Brewers
with the legendary broadcaster Bob Uecker. Hughes is also the radio
play-by-play man for Marquette University basketball, having finished his
16th year this past winter.
Pat and Ron, as the Hughes-Santo team is affectionately known by fans,
are among the most popular announcing teams in baseball, and many Cubs
fans will watch the game on TV, but turn the sound down, and listen to the
commentary from Pat and Ron on the radio. They are loved because they are
personable and make lots of interesting comments during games about stats
and other such things. Their good-natured rivalry over the attendance
game, in which each man guesses the crowd at that day's ball game, is one
example of what makes them fun to listen to.
Hughes' work has earned him the Illinois Sportscaster of the Year award
in 1996 and 1999, in addition to three Wisconsin Sportscaster of the Year
awards from 1990-92.
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