With one swing, javier baez became only the fifth player in cubs history to hit 30 home runs and drive in 100 runs before or in his age 25 season, joining ernie banks 1955, ron santo 196465. Jul 01, 2011 pat hughes has been a major league broadcaster since 1983 and has been the voice of the cubs since 1996. Oct 27, 2016 cubs broadcaster pat hughes recalls joy of the call. Three throat surgeries later, cubs announcer pat hughes. Voice of the fans, an audiophoto tribute to chicago and st louis sports broadcaster harry caray, one of the most beloved figures in baseball. As if sitting next to coomer or the late ron santo in a booth, hughes couldnt resist the opening friedman provided. Pat hughes has been the playbyplay voice of the chicago cubs on wgn radio since 1996.
Hughes took to calling santo a cubs legend and, as the associated press reported, the two broadcasters had a lot of fun together, including one hilarious moment when santos hair piece caught on fire at shea stadium. A perfect ten, a biography about the legendary broadcaster, is scheduled fathers day. Click on the player below to listen to what pat hughes and ron santo said about cubs by the numbers on the cubs broadcast on april 17th, 2009. Dec 03, 2010 ron was so truthful, genuine, funny and emotional. One of my daughters prized possessions from 1979 is her baseball glove that reads, congratulations on doing your own shot. In december 20, another former cuband chicago native ron coomer joined hughes. Jeff santo explores the life and career of his father, chicago cub great ron santo. After ron santos death in 2010, former cub keith moreland was pats partner on cubs radio for 3 seasons. He told a great story about ernie banks and ron santo that will make your day.
The legendary chicago cubs player and broadcaster passed away at the age of 70 from complications from bladder cancer. Pat and ron banter back and forth during a radio broadcast. Ron santo was one for the ages, and this keepsake book takes you behind the scenes as friends and colleagues share their best, funniest and. Pat hughes and ron santo what a terrific team,im sure pat will have many difficult broadcasts without ron. I loved the ron santo eulogy delivered by his longtime wgn radio broadcast partner pat hughes. It was published by lone wolfe pr and has a total of 261 pages in the book. Doing baseball play by play is one of the most difficult jobs in radio. Stream tracks and playlists from pat ron on your desktop or mobile device. All but one of the clips are from pat hughes and ron santos time as the broadcasters of chicago cubs baseball.
Twenty years later, ron santos oh, no call is still a classic. Pat hughes signs multiyear deal to continue as cubs radio announcer. A perfect 10 society for american baseball research. Ron santo, a chicago cubs legend, was one for the ages and this keepsake book takes you behind the scenes as friends, family and colleagues share their best, funniest and most poignant stories about an incredible guy.
Ron santo played 14 years for the cubs and one for the white sox, defining third base play in the 1960s. You have to paint a picture with wordssomething i think you do incredibly well, by the way, but you have to do it day in and day out, 162 games a year. Feb 11, 20 ron santo stands among baseballs alltime great third basemen with both his bat and his glove. He also worked with harry caray, thom brennaman, steve stone and bob brenly. Chicago ap ron santo, one of the greatest players in chicago cubs history and a longtime wgn radio announcer whose devotion to the perennial losers was made obvious night after night by his. Wrigley field 100 celebration book this oneofakind retrospective is the result of an exhaustive and collaborative effort between major league baseball and the chicago cubs, featuring both classic stories and rare archived images commemorating the ballparks first 100 years of history. While i am sure there will be several fans wanting to. The book and dust jacket are in very good condition.
In 15 big league seasons, all but one with the cubs, the ninetime allstar hit 342 career home runs. Pat hughes is currently considered a single author. Pat hughes special appearances lillian group marketing, llc. Three throat surgeries later, cubs announcer pat hughes gives. During the postseason hughes said hes been thinking a lot about ernie banks, ron santo, his broadcast partner for 15 years, and some of the great announcers of the cubs past including harry. He won five gold glove awards for fielding every season from 1964 to. Ron santo baseball hall of fame biographies youtube. The chicago cubs today announced ron santos successor. I can honestly say i may not be as big a cubs fan if it wasnt for ron santo with an assist to pat hughes. The voice of the cubs pat hughes reflects on the passing of. Pat hughes is giving the playbyplay, and you can hear ron santo saying no over and over again, that got him sad about what had happened, and ron santo goes down to the cubs locker room, after the game while pat hughes finishes up the broadcast, and the post game show, and hear about the story of what pat hughes experiences down in the locker room in the game, between ron santo and then cubs manger jim riggleman.
He was eulogized by his longtime broadcast partner pat hughes, along with cubs owner tom ricketts and mlb commissioner bud. In his book santo swears the only thing he said about young to reporters was this. Principles of primary education david fulton books by. Pat hughes resumes his playbyplay and soon leaves an opening for santo to comment on the sad state of the brewers pitching staff. Sep 28, 2000 pat hughes resumes his playbyplay and soon leaves an opening for santo to comment on the sad state of the brewers pitching staff.
That said, i spend a lot of time with pat hughes and ron coomer. The title of this book is ron santo and it was written by pat hughes, rich wolfe, ron santo jr foreword. For the last 15 seasons, he teamed with the playbyplay announcer pat hughes. Dec 03, 2010 pat and ron banter back and forth during a radio broadcast. The voice of the cubs pat hughes reflects on the passing of ernie banks the voice of the chicago cubs and a wgn radio walk of famer, pat hughes, joined the show this morning. Indians, cubs radio voices on calling the world series.
Chicago cubs pat hughes favorite ron santo stories facebook. Oct 30, 2016 during the postseason hughes said hes been thinking a lot about ernie banks, ron santo, his broadcast partner for 15 years, and some of the great announcers of the cubs past including harry. Cubs broadcaster pat hughes talks about throat surgery for the first time. In november 1995, pat hughes was selected by wgn radio in chicago to be the new voice of the cubs. Dec 14, 2010 i loved the ron santo eulogy delivered by his longtime wgn radio broadcast partner pat hughes. After ron santos surprise passing last december, good friend and veteran broadcaster pat hughes decided to start writing down the many behindthescenes stories he had about santo. The book also features a foreword by ron santo, jr. Pat hughes and ron santowhat a terrific team,im sure pat will have many difficult broadcasts without ron. Why, in the middle innings, do we have to listen to ron. He began to attract the attention of big league scouts in 1958 as a catcher, and he signed with the cubs in 1959.
Pat hughes has been a major league broadcaster since 1983 and has been the voice of the cubs since 1996. Hughes spent a lot of time in recent days thinking of late broadcast partner ron santo, the beloved former player who bled cubs blue. He wakes up talking, says pat hughes, santos onair partner. The voice of the cubs pat hughes reflects on the passing. After ron santo s surprise passing last december, good friend and veteran broadcaster pat hughes decided to start writing down the many behindthescenes stories he had about santo. Dec 14, 2017 cubs broadcaster pat hughes talks about throat surgery for the first time. This book had to have been hard for pat to write, considering how much time he spent with ron in the broadcast booth. Ron santo was one for the ages, and this keepsake book takes you behind the scenes as friends and colleagues share their best, funniest and most poignant stories about an incredible guy the. Doing baseball play by play is one of the most difficult jobs in. His stories about his teammates and coaches are an insight to how the game was in the 1950s and 1960s. The biography is sure to include many tales from pats 15 years next to ron santo. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Topics covered include ron eating a hotdog, flossing in public and other inanities. Toetotoe with diabetes or durocher, ron santo doesnt back down.
Stories that most dont know, off the baseball field stories mixed with humor and fascinating factsstats, this is a must read for all cubs fans and even sports fans in. A funny, emotional and true account of the incredible career of a baseball great and fan favorite, ron santo. Ron santo, a chicago cubs legend, was one for the ages and this keepsake book takes you behind the scenes as friends, family and colleagues share their best, funniest and most poignant stories about an incredible guy the likes of whom we will never see again. Never before told, behind the scenes stories mixed with humor and fascinating facts, plus a whopping 24 pages of great photos make this book a must read for cubs fans. Hall of fame cub ron santos kids do him proud call to. Moreland will join playbyplay broadcaster pat hughes in the booth starting with the first spring.
Santo also briefly worked with chicago bears and green bay packers commentator wayne larrivee. Ron santo stands among baseballs alltime great third basemen with both his bat and his glove. Jun 04, 2014 after last nights thrilling 21 defeat of the new york mets in walk off fashion, the chicago cubs announced that they are parting ways with their 90 year partner wgn radio. Cubs, pat hughes leave wgn radio for wbbm radio world. The two called games on wgn radio in 2014, switching to wbbm in 2015, and to wscrthe scorein 2016. Im 23 years old and i can say that ron is my hero, and will always be. Cubs hold off indians in 10th to win the world series. Ron santo a perfect 10 by pat hughes and rich wolfe is a funny, emotional, and true story about the life of an incredible career of a baseball legend and fan favorite, ron santo. In 15 big league seasons, all but one with the cubs, the ninetime all. Their onair chemistry came to be known as the pat and ron show. President of the laurens kids foundation, acclaimed lobbyist and father of child sexual abuse survivor and activist, lauren book. Vergil patrick pat hughes is an american sportscaster. Before joining cubs legend ron santo in the booth, he partnered with bob uecker on the milwaukee brewers radio network from 198495.
Cubs broadcaster pat hughes recalls joy of the call. Pat hughes has 46 books on goodreads with 579 ratings. In the chapter by suellen johnson, who helped organize the first ron santo walkathon for the juvenile diabetes research fund jdrf, she writes. Details published on wednesday, 30 november 2011 08. Cubs, wgn name keith moreland as ron santos radio successor.
The game ill never forget, baseball digest, july 1972, pp. Starting in the 2015 you can hear pat hughes and ron coomer call all 162 cubs games, but now on 780 wbbm radio, just slightly up the dial from the traditional 720 am. Pat hughes is set to write a book about his partner. May 22, 2010 pat hughes has been the playbyplay voice of the chicago cubs on wgn radio since 1996. He worked with playbyplay announcer pat hughes, and these radio broadcasts were also known as the pat and ron show. Hughes, the voice of the cubs since 1996, has been a major league baseball announcer for more than 35 years. After last nights thrilling 21 defeat of the new york mets in walk off fashion, the chicago cubs announced that they are parting ways with their 90 year partner wgn radio. Books by pat hughes author of the breaker boys goodreads. Jun 04, 2011 the book also features a foreword by ron santo, jr.
The only clip that are not pat and ron, is from the. Nov 30, 2011 new ron santo cd released by pat hughes. Cubs radio broadcaster pat hughes eulogizes ron santo. Hughes started his first year with a new partner, keith moreland, when spring training started two weeks ago. Hughes partnered with color commentator ron santo, former hall of fame third baseman for the cubs, from 1996 to 2010, when santo passed away. Hughes also spent 17 years as a radiotv gamecaller for marquette university basketball.
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