Longtime Chicago Cubs radio voice Pat Hughes was named the winner of the Ford C. Frick Award on Wednesday, joining Jack Brickhouse and Harry Caray among the all-time broadcasting greats.
Cubs radio broadcaster Pat Hughes works a game against the Brewers on Sept. 15, 2016, at Wrigley Field.
Hughes thanked his main partner, Ron Coomer, along with Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts, president of business operations Crane Kenney, Zach Zaidman and WSCR-AM 670 program director Mitch Rosen, among others. Hughes, the 47th winner of the Frick Award, was voted in by a committee that included former winners Ken “Hawk” Harrelson and Bob Uecker, his former partner in Milwaukee. Among the others on the ballot was White Sox TV analyst Steve Stone, in his first year as a finalist.
“You don’t think about the Hall of Fame ... because it’s something so big, you think ‘You know what? There is a strong likelihood you’re never going to get into those things, so why spend a lot of time thinking about it.’ You just work hard, and sometimes good things happen.”[Don’t miss] Pat Hughes on his bond with Chicago Cubs fans, being a voice for generations and how much longer he wants to call gamesHughes’ voice has served as the soundtrack to Cubs baseball for generations of fans.
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