Chicago Cubs’ Pat Hughes is confident that fans and players will embrace the Pitch Clock

Pat Hughes is beginning his 43d year in the big leagues. He began with […]


Curt Smith: Cubs’ Pat Hughes named 2023 Ford C. Frick Award recipient; Will be honored next summer at HOF

In 1982, Hollywood released a sublime film, My Favorite Year, starring Peter O’Toole as […]


Pat Hughes: Following in footsteps of Cubs’ broadcast giants like Harry Caray and Jack Brickhouse

To many, the Chicago Cubs are the real America’s Team. As the 2022 regular […]


Winning is fun; Losing isn’t; Team announcers talk about how to handle losing seasons on-air

Winning is fun. Everyone has a blast. Winning fosters community. It promotes togetherness. There’s a sense […]


Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2020 Ford Frick Award: Voters must ponder a deep and glittering ballot

Late last week, the National Baseball Hall of Fame released its ballot covering the […]


Cubs’ voice Pat Hughes: Scully, Costas and Bill King are my all-time Sportscasting Grand Masters

In the second part of our series profiling Pat Hughes, the popular radio voice of […]


Pat Hughes: From #2 in Milwaukee to #1 in Chicago; Popularity of Cubs’ radio voice is swelling

Pat Hughes’ colleagues around baseball will tell you unhesitatingly that he is friendly, likable and […]