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Cubs radio voice Pat Hughes expresses gratitude to all in Hall of Fame speech

Hughes makes his living speaking extemporaneously to tens of thousands of listeners on Cubs radio broadcasts. So it’s interesting that reading a prepared speech at a private ceremony would make him nervous.

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Pat Hughes will be Chicago broadcaster No. 5 in Baseball Hall of Fame — but he’s really No. 1

If I needed one of them to call the biggest baseball game in city history, it would be Hughes.

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Cubs radio man Pat Hughes has a Hall of a speech coming up — and it’s already making him cry

Speaking about Mary and Vergil Hughes — Mom and Dad — will tug at his heartstrings the most.

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Baseball quiz: The over/under edition

There are lots of ways to bet on baseball. Let’s use the one that gives you a 50-50 chance of being right.

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Baseball by the Numbers: Let’s do the splits

Willson Contreras liked hitting at Wrigley Field, but the ballpark is no longer the extreme hitters’ park it was in the 1960s and ’70s

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Baseball quiz: Honoring the great TV, radio sports announcers

Watching baseball on TV is great, but listening to games on the radio is one of life’s pleasures.

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Paul Sullivan: Opening day at Wrigley Field melds Cubs’ past with future

CHICAGO — Every opening day brings a reminder of something from the past, and the past is a prologue when it comes to the Chicago Cubs.

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Baseball quiz: Starting the season in style

Is there a better way to welcome back baseball than with a quiz about Opening Day? We don’t think so, and the quizmaster is here to do the honors.

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Team USA Is So Money, It’s ‘Ridiculous’

Take a good look at the Americans’ WBC roster, folks. There has never been a team like this, at least not by net worth.

Sports Illustrated

Is this ‘The Ex-Files’ or is this baseball trivia?

The truth is right here: all we be revealed about some former Cubs and Sox players

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Derrick Goold: Can Cardinals standout Scott Rolen help thaw the Hall of Fame for the Hot Corner?

As Nolan Arenado ranged toward the majors and started watching more video of the greats at third base and their footwork, there was something about Scott Rolen's highlights that could not be contained on a phone, a laptop, or even a widescreen TV, no matter its size.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Baseball quiz: Gone but not forgotten

This week’s quiz pays tribute to those we lost last year in baseball.

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Pat Hughes, longtime Cubs radio voice, wins the Ford C. Frick Award — the Baseball Hall of Fame’s top broadcasting honor

CHICAGO — 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.

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White Sox’ biggest trades of winter meetings

From Bill Veeck’s flurry of deals in 1975 to the 2016 Chris Sale trade, Sox have made headlines.

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Willson Contreras is 17th player with at least 4 seasons of 20 or more homers with Cubs

Contreras joins Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant and Javy Baez as the fourth player from the 2016 World Series champs to accomplish the feat.

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Paul Sullivan: Minnie Miñoso’s long and complicated journey to the Baseball Hall of Fame ends with his day in the sun

Minnie Miñoso’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday culminated a long and complicated journey to Cooperstown, N.Y., that few imagined would end this way.

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Summertime, and the singing is easy. But is this quiz?

Our quizmaster has found a way to combine our love of baseball and our love of music in one place

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Fergie Jenkins — Mr. Dub? — gets his statue on a day for the ages in Cubdom

Nostalgia was thick in the air outside Wrigley Field as the Cubs immortalized their greatest pitcher.

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Statue puts Fergie Jenkins in good Cub company

Already a Hall of Famer, the former Cubs pitcher was humbled and honored to not only have a statue at Gallagher Way adjacent to Wrigley Field — but next to statues of his former teammates Ernie Banks, Billy Williams and Ron Santo.

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Paul Sullivan: Fergie Jenkins soaks up the adoration as Cubs unveil his statue outside Wrigley Field

CHICAGO — When Fergie Jenkins attended the statue dedication ceremonies for his former Chicago Cubs teammates at Wrigley Field, the thought had to cross his mind.

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Pat Hughes’ favorite Cubs-White Sox game

The most memorable part: his boothmates.

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Cubs-White Sox always packs a punch

Since the 1906 World Series, there’s been no shortage of unforgettable moments between crosstown rivals.

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Statues outside Wrigley Field removed for refurbishing — will eventually form new "Statue Row" of Cubs greats outside ballpark

The Ron Santo and Billy Williams statues were removed from outside the ballpark Monday.

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