He deserves it. He is an amazing excellent broadcaster. He's someone I look up to. He's an inspiration to me in my radio career. I'd love to meet him to honor him.
How many professional sports teams have 3 Hall of Fame play by play men. The Cubs have Jack Brickhouse (1983), Harry Caray (1989), and Pat Hughes (2023). Pat joins a long line of great play by play announcers the Cubs have had for many years. Little know obscure fact though, former President Ronald Reagan did radio for the Cubs while living in Iowa before becoming an actor and politician.
MUCH deserved is an understatement. There's a reason why most Cubs fans prefer to listen to the radio broadcast over the televised broadcast. He paints the picture of the game so well as if you are watching it.
I just got back from the game and it was so heartwarming as us fans found out in real time and got to give him a great big standing O! Love Pat to death. Best voice in sports!
Congratulations Pat. Truly one of the best. I love how he kept thanking everyone else and giving the credit to his partners. Always humble and down to earth
Every time I hear his voice it's like the soundtrack to my childhood couldn't afford cable so it was cubs baseball on wgn I just wish Ron Santo could see you go in
Wow, what a great time. So many games listened to on the radio as a kid and adult. He’s been most constant voice of the cubs, and I love him for it. No one more deserving and what great call to send it off.
I got a “Cameo” from Mr. Hughes for my birthday last week. Most cameos are 30 to 60 seconds, maaaaybe a little longer. Pat’s Cameo was nearly 3 minutes long, talking “to me” about my military service and baseball, only stopping because he had to go get ready to head Wrigley to call the Cubs/Brewers game that night. I don’t know if there’s a better representation of why Pat Hughes is the best baseball has to offer than the fact that the only thing stopping him from thanking a fan for 27 years of loyal listening is going to baseball heaven to talk about baseball with the rest of the world; just pure class.
I remember living in Milwaukee and hearing Pat on the call for the Brewers with Bob Uecker. The days with Pat and Ronnie were great and sometimes heartbreaking. The WS win was the second best day of my life behind my brother being born. We love you Pat congrats buddy. You are now immortal. Go Cubs Go!
Such a well deserved honor for Pat. Such a great iconic radio voice but also so knowledgeable and humble. So many monitors from Sosas home run calls to World Series run. Thanks Pat
Congratulations Mr. Pat. He’s a great radio broadcaster for the Cubbies. Wishing you the best of luck of this year’s Hall of Fame. Sending my greetings. 🙋🏻♂️
Best play by play guy in the business. I wouldn't be a Cubs fan if I hadn't listened to Pat & Ron on the radio calling the games way back when. No one can replace Santo, but Coomer is a great partner to Pat now. Hopefully they call the games for many, many years. Well deserved Pat, you're a class guy and a wealth of baseball knowledge and no matter how the team is doing it's always entertaining to hear you guys on the radio.
Can you imagine how hard tbat must have been for Coomer KNOWING how big the shoes were to fill and even has the same name as the dude hes replacing? Thats a TOUGH ask.
Congratulations getting in the Cubs Hall of Fame Pat one whole Broadcasting listen to you for years Harry find Sal Jack Brickhouse all of great analysis before years up and having laying down at you I hope you have more success Go Cubs
Man, Just the nicest guy in the world. I have loved so many of these guys. Jack Brickhouse, and Milo Hamilton, and harry and his son chip caray, Steve Stone, Ron santo, jimmy Piersol, etc. Pat is as good as anyone.
Congratulations Pat Hughes, when you can connect with people almost as a second nature that is a true blessing and you deserve it. As a Chicagoan, not a Cubs fan, but still it is a blessing to hear your voice.
I could listen to Pat Hughes describe paint drying, and keep listening for an hour while he did so. He is such a pleasure to listen to. Thank you Mr. Hughes.👏👏
Man was being inducted to into the baseball HOF and still kept the listeners updated on what was happening in the game. What a legend. Harry was great but it’s time Pat gets the same credit, maybe even more. If the Cubs are great or terrible, I listen to every game Pat and Ron broadcast. No other duo calls games like they do.
Pat Hughes will forever be my favorite radio broadcaster of all time and that will never change! So many long car rides from work and sports listening to Pat call the games 🥹
I was walking home from work and decided to randomly put this radio broadcast on about 5 minutes before the announcement. It picked me right back up after a long, hard work day.
9 months later and I still get goosebumps watching this. All time great in the radio booth. Me and my dad bonded over listening to you when I was a kid and we still do to this day and for that I can never repay you. The voice of Cubs radio for now and forever.
THANK YOU MR. HUGHES! I Greatly enjoy listening to each Cubs game, you bring so much detail through your announcing! I would rather listen to the ball game they watch it and that is because of your work. Mr. Coomer and yourself are so great together and I have had many good laughs also. Thank you for all your work and Congratulations Sir!
Pat Hughes voice mixed with the radio quality are sounds I remember the most as a kid now being 23, if it was summer and my family was in the car the cubbies were always on
Congratulations, Pat! I loved listening to the Brewer games with you and Uecker in the booth. Wisconsin baseball fans were extremely lucky to have two of the greatest announcers of all time in the same booth for 12 years.
I've listened to Cubs games on the radio for about 15 years. I first fell in love with the Cubs after hearing a game on the radio when I was 6 or 7, and still love hearing Pat & Ron call every game. Cubs radio is my favorite way to follow a game, because everyone on air, especially Pat, describe the game with such vivid detail and find interesting ways to fill the empty moments that invariably happen in baseball. However, in a twist of events, I actually didn't catch this moment or this game on the radio- I watched it live in person at Wrigley Field, in my 3rd game ever at Wrigley (after watching my first two ever the day prior). Getting to see this happen and be announced live in person was really cool, but I know catching it on the radio would have been just as awesome. Huge Congratulation to Pat for being probably the reason I still love the Cubs after all these years, and for being inducted into the Cubs HOF. He's truly one of the best broadcasters at least of this era, and probably of all time.
I love how he's getting a huge honor and still goes back to calling the game even after they told him he could stop doing play by play. That's a fucking pro right there.
It's just so fitting and appropriate that just as fireworks are metaphorically going off in the broadcast booth, there's other fireworks going off at the plate.
Thank you so much pat for everything you've done for the best organization in baseball. Happy for you God bless and keep being the best play by play broadcaster in the league🥲👏👏
He deserves it. He is an amazing excellent broadcaster. He's someone I look up to. He's an inspiration to me in my radio career. I'd love to meet him to honor him.
when i hear “chicago cub baseball is on the air” i get chillls, 162 days a year. makes me forget anything weighing on my mind. pat truly deserves it❤️
the best line in radio sports
How many professional sports teams have 3 Hall of Fame play by play men. The Cubs have Jack Brickhouse (1983), Harry Caray (1989), and Pat Hughes (2023). Pat joins a long line of great play by play announcers the Cubs have had for many years. Little know obscure fact though, former President Ronald Reagan did radio for the Cubs while living in Iowa before becoming an actor and politician.
Always make sure I have opening day off to hear it for the first time each year
The iconic modern day voice of the Cubs. Congrats Pat! You deserve it!
It doesn’t feel like Ron has been his radio partner for 9 years. Time flies.
Pat Hughes better be immortal and never retire. He is simply the best.
Bless you, Pat. You deserve this so much. What a legend.
Pat Hughes has got to be the most down to earth man ever... 😎👍
I got really choked up during this. Pat is an absolute gem and this is so well-deserved. We Cubs fans are so lucky that he's ours!
Same
Congratulations Pat Hughes! He's the best!
Stay with us man! We LOVE you!!!
Pat has always brought laughs and knowledge with play by play so seamlessly. Pat and Ron got me through so tough mental times over the years.
I’ve been listening to Pat my entire life (born in ‘02) and it’s incredible to have him in the Cubs HOF.
Pat is one of the best in the business, and well deserving of the honor. Somewhere in heaven Ron Santo is smiling right now!❤
MUCH deserved is an understatement. There's a reason why most Cubs fans prefer to listen to the radio broadcast over the televised broadcast. He paints the picture of the game so well as if you are watching it.
I just got back from the game and it was so heartwarming as us fans found out in real time and got to give him a great big standing O! Love Pat to death. Best voice in sports!
Congratulations Pat. Truly one of the best. I love how he kept thanking everyone else and giving the credit to his partners. Always humble and down to earth
Well deserved! Keep up the outstanding work, Pat!
Congrats! to Pat Hughes, a great guy with a friendly announcing voice, who keeps you captivated while watching Cubs! 👍😎
Finds out he's going the the hall of fame and IMMEDIATELY starts thanking everyone around him. What a class act.
He is iconic…Well deserved Pat!!
Every time I hear his voice it's like the soundtrack to my childhood couldn't afford cable so it was cubs baseball on wgn I just wish Ron Santo could see you go in
A classic voice and a class act all-round.
Awesome!! Congrats Pat! Love listening to the game with him! 👏👏
My son and I prefer to listen to Pat (& Ron😉) on the radio❤️. Congratulations Mr. Hughes!!!!
These are the moments that you are glad to be around for. Congrats and well deserved.
Congratulations to Pat Hughes and continue all of your fine work!
A living legend-great to see this clip, such a humble guy
Congrats on the Honor Pat! Love listening to you and Ron on SiriusXM.
I'm very happy for Pat. Congratulations!
This was just awsome!! I rank Pat up with Vin. He is that great!!!
This is great. Mr Hughes you are truly a Chicago treasure. Really enjoy the games because of you and the crew. Thank you
Wow, what a great time. So many games listened to on the radio as a kid and adult. He’s been most constant voice of the cubs, and I love him for it. No one more deserving and what great call to send it off.
I got a “Cameo” from Mr. Hughes for my birthday last week. Most cameos are 30 to 60 seconds, maaaaybe a little longer. Pat’s Cameo was nearly 3 minutes long, talking “to me” about my military service and baseball, only stopping because he had to go get ready to head Wrigley to call the Cubs/Brewers game that night. I don’t know if there’s a better representation of why Pat Hughes is the best baseball has to offer than the fact that the only thing stopping him from thanking a fan for 27 years of loyal listening is going to baseball heaven to talk about baseball with the rest of the world; just pure class.
So well deserved!! When you think Pat Hughes, he is Cubs' baseball. What a legend! Congratulations, Pat!!!
Pat Hughes amongst the classiest men ever to grace the broadcasting booth. He is a true artist who paints pictures with words. So happy for him.
Beyond deserving! Cubs fans will always love you pat!
I remember living in Milwaukee and hearing Pat on the call for the Brewers with Bob Uecker. The days with Pat and Ronnie were great and sometimes heartbreaking. The WS win was the second best day of my life behind my brother being born. We love you Pat congrats buddy. You are now immortal. Go Cubs Go!
I've grown up with pat since I was a kiddo in 2000 and to now I love him
Congrats 👏🎉 Pat
Such a well deserved honor for Pat. Such a great iconic radio voice but also so knowledgeable and humble. So many monitors from Sosas home run calls to World Series run. Thanks Pat
You deserve it Pat 😊🤗
Congratulations Mr. Pat. He’s a great radio broadcaster for the Cubbies. Wishing you the best of luck of this year’s Hall of Fame. Sending my greetings. 🙋🏻♂️
Congratulations Pat Hughes On Your Hall Fame
I'm a Cardinals fan, but I enjoy listening to the Cubs because Pat is the best in the business. Plus he is hilarious.
"I'm kinda glad this half inning ended in this fashion." 😂 What a treasure he is. Hope BBHOF inducts him too someday.
Great news! Pat Hughes won the 2022 Ford C Frick Award and will be inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2023❤❤❤❤❤
Iconic voices deserve iconic honors
I love how he kept working even though people just wanted him to talk about him for a few minutes :)
Best play by play guy in the business. I wouldn't be a Cubs fan if I hadn't listened to Pat & Ron on the radio calling the games way back when. No one can replace Santo, but Coomer is a great partner to Pat now. Hopefully they call the games for many, many years. Well deserved Pat, you're a class guy and a wealth of baseball knowledge and no matter how the team is doing it's always entertaining to hear you guys on the radio.
Can you imagine how hard tbat must have been for Coomer KNOWING how big the shoes were to fill and even has the same name as the dude hes replacing? Thats a TOUGH ask.
As a Sox fan, Pat Hughes truly deserves to be the Hall of Fame. He's a great broadcaster and class act. Couldn't of happen to a better guy.
Congratulations getting in the Cubs Hall of Fame Pat one whole Broadcasting listen to you for years Harry find Sal Jack Brickhouse all of great analysis before years up and having laying down at you I hope you have more success Go Cubs
This is awesome. Pat so much deserves this!!!
Man, Just the nicest guy in the world. I have loved so many of these guys. Jack Brickhouse, and Milo Hamilton, and harry and his son chip caray, Steve Stone, Ron santo, jimmy Piersol, etc. Pat is as good as anyone.
Congrats to Pat Hughes!!
*GOD BLESS YOU MR. HUGHES*
Most certainly well deserved and I know Ronny is smiling bigger than I am right now!
Congratulations Pat Hughes, when you can connect with people almost as a second nature that is a true blessing and you deserve it. As a Chicagoan, not a Cubs fan, but still it is a blessing to hear your voice.
I could listen to Pat Hughes describe paint drying, and keep listening for an hour while he did so. He is such a pleasure to listen to.
Thank you Mr. Hughes.👏👏
We had him in Milwaukee for a time before he got the Cub job. He deserves the Baseball HOF as well.
Man was being inducted to into the baseball HOF and still kept the listeners updated on what was happening in the game. What a legend. Harry was great but it’s time Pat gets the same credit, maybe even more. If the Cubs are great or terrible, I listen to every game Pat and Ron broadcast. No other duo calls games like they do.
This was a special moment for Cubs fans everywhere. We got to see the look and the Joy on Pat hughes's face.
Pat Hughes will forever be my favorite radio broadcaster of all time and that will never change! So many long car rides from work and sports listening to Pat call the games 🥹
I was walking home from work and decided to randomly put this radio broadcast on about 5 minutes before the announcement. It picked me right back up after a long, hard work day.
9 months later and I still get goosebumps watching this. All time great in the radio booth. Me and my dad bonded over listening to you when I was a kid and we still do to this day and for that I can never repay you. The voice of Cubs radio for now and forever.
Congrats Pat😊
An Absolute ICONIC Voice For MLB... Congratulations
THANK YOU MR. HUGHES!
I Greatly enjoy listening to each Cubs game, you bring so much detail through your announcing! I would rather listen to the ball game they watch it and that is because of your work.
Mr. Coomer and yourself are so great together and I have had many good laughs also.
Thank you for all your work and Congratulations Sir!
Pat Hughes... Congratulations on making the Cubs Hall of Fame. We'll deserved and I love your announcing! No one does it better?
Congratulations to you Pat ,Wow awesome , I'm a Branham Alumni 1975 , played ball with your brother ,Billy !
Class act.. TV turned down, home town call turned up! Thanks Pat
Pat Hughes voice mixed with the radio quality are sounds I remember the most as a kid now being 23, if it was summer and my family was in the car the cubbies were always on
love you pat, youve been the soundtrack to my summers for my entire life and i wouldnt trade that for the world.
Congratulations, Pat! I loved listening to the Brewer games with you and Uecker in the booth. Wisconsin baseball fans were extremely lucky to have two of the greatest announcers of all time in the same booth for 12 years.
I've listened to Cubs games on the radio for about 15 years. I first fell in love with the Cubs after hearing a game on the radio when I was 6 or 7, and still love hearing Pat & Ron call every game. Cubs radio is my favorite way to follow a game, because everyone on air, especially Pat, describe the game with such vivid detail and find interesting ways to fill the empty moments that invariably happen in baseball.
However, in a twist of events, I actually didn't catch this moment or this game on the radio- I watched it live in person at Wrigley Field, in my 3rd game ever at Wrigley (after watching my first two ever the day prior). Getting to see this happen and be announced live in person was really cool, but I know catching it on the radio would have been just as awesome. Huge Congratulation to Pat for being probably the reason I still love the Cubs after all these years, and for being inducted into the Cubs HOF. He's truly one of the best broadcasters at least of this era, and probably of all time.
Congrats Pat.
Five different Halls of Fame he’s 👍👍
And now Pat Hughes is going to be in the ultimate: BASEBALL HALL OF FAME IN COOPERSTOWN! CONGRATULATIONS ❤❤❤❤❤❤
There’s a reason why I watch the broadcast with the tv muted listening to the pat and Ron calling games
Nobody deserves it more. My father and I would do yard work together and listen to him and Santo. Treasured memories.
I'm choked up here. Congratulations Pat!
He deserves it! The best in the business!
Congratulations Pat!
Right On Pat! I remember you on Gill Cable in San Jose way back when.
Congratulations Pat. Absolutely earned and deserved.
It's a WELL DESERVED honor for Pat and he NEEDS to be in the Baseball HOF in Cooperstown and hopefully, that will happen soon!
I love how he's getting a huge honor and still goes back to calling the game even after they told him he could stop doing play by play. That's a fucking pro right there.
Well deserved. I’m gonna miss you Pat!
congratulations Mr Hughes
Pat got the hall call and was still focused on the job. A man of the game
From everything I’ve heard he’s the definition of class. Love how his first instinct is to thank the team around him.
Pat Hughes is the best in the business. We are blessed to have him. Congrats, Pat! Cooperstown is next!
Sounds good
It's just so fitting and appropriate that just as fireworks are metaphorically going off in the broadcast booth, there's other fireworks going off at the plate.
Ron Santo and Harry Caray were smiling down on the booth during this whole time.
That was classic and at the same time expected.
Pat Hughes is my favorite brodcaster.
Cool. He is a great announcer.
Gets inducted, thanks everyone around him by name. Class act
Very cool! Well deserved!
Thank you so much pat for everything you've done for the best organization in baseball. Happy for you God bless and keep being the best play by play broadcaster in the league🥲👏👏
You're the best Pat!
Congratulations!
Cubs fans ♥ Pat Hughes
Awesome.
The last of an amazing breed.
Congratulations 👏