Beginning of the end for Santo Era
It is looking like the beginning of the end of the Ron Santo Era. Cubs legend and radio color “analyst” Ron Santo announced he is limiting his broadcast schedule on WGN AM720. He will forego the coming West coast series in Seattle where the Cubs will face the Mariners in inter-league competition. Then he will [...]
June 20, 2010
Tags: Crosstown Classic, Pat & Ron Show, Pat Hughes, Ron Santo, WGN Radio Posted in: news, observations, schedule, the media 
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Pat Hughes tells his favorite Ron Santo story
Last spring Pat Hughes, the Voice of the Chicago Cubs sat down for an exclusive interview with CubHub.net. I asked him to share his favorite Ron Santo story. Of course it is about the the early April road trip to New York to play the Mets at old Shea Stadium – a place Ronnie despises. [...]
April 19, 2010
Tags: audio, Chicago Cubs, CubHub.net, hairpiece, Keith Moreland, Mets, Pat & Ron Show, Pat Hughes, Ron Santo, Shea Stadium Posted in: interview, oddities, the media 3 Comments
The Pat Hughes Interview revisited
Last spring, Pat Hughes was kind enough to do an interview with me for CubHub.net. With opening day looming, I think it’s worth re-visiting the interview again this year…
Just as the Cubs opened spring training camp 2009, Pat Hughes, the Voice of the Chicago Cubs on WGN Radio was kind enough to take some time [...]
April 1, 2010
Tags: Bob Uecker, Bruce Miles, Harry Caray, Harry Kalas, Jack Brickhouse, Jimmy Buffett, Marty Brennaman, Milton Bradley, Pat & Ron Show, Pat Hughes, Red Barber, Ron Santo, Vin Scully Posted in: game of baseball, interview, observations, the media, tradition No Comments
The Pat Hughes Interview – Part 3
In the third and final installment of our exclusive interview with Pat Hughes, the Voice of the Chicago Cubs, we cover a range of topics. The first clip begins with Pat’s favorite visitor to the broadcast booth: Jimmy Buffett. Then he goes into keeping the broadcast interesting in spite of the many bad teams he’s [...]
April 3, 2009
Tags: Andy Masur, Baseball Voices, Bob Uecker, Bruce Miles, Cory Provus, Harry Caray, Jimmy Buffett, Milton Bradley, Pat Hughes, Ron Santo Posted in: feature, interview, the media No Comments
The Pat Hughes Interview – part 2
Pat Hughes, the Voice of the Chicago Cubs, visited with CubHub.net for an exclusive interview just prior to reporting for Spring Training 2009. Pat was kind enough to discuss his Baseball Voices CD series on the great announcers of major league baseball.
In part two, Pat discusses the teams he followed as a youth in Northern [...]
March 24, 2009
Tags: audio, Bill King, Bob Seger, Diana Krall, Jimmy Buffett, Oakland A's, Pat Hughes, Van Morrison Posted in: feature, interview, the media One Comment
The Pat Hughes Interview – part 1
Just as the Cubs opened spring training camp 2009, Pat Hughes, the Voice of the Chicago Cubs on WGN Radio was kind enough to take some time for a exclusive interview with CubHub.net.
In part one, Pat talks about his Baseball Voices series of “commemorative audio tribute” CDs spotlighting the careers of such broadcasting luminaries as Bob Uecker, Harry [...]
March 7, 2009
Tags: audio, Bob Uecker, Harry Caray, Harry Kalas, Jack Brickhouse, Pat Hughes, WGN Radio Posted in: feature, interview, the media 2 Comments
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