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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Steve Greenberg

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

Pat Hughes after throwing out the first pitch at Wrigley Field on March 30, 2003. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

PITTSBURGH — “Get it right. Don’t be hysterical. Don’t get into an octave where you lose control of your voice.”

That’s what Cubs radio man Pat Hughes kept telling himself during the 10th inning of Game 7 of the World Series in Cleveland in 2016, the biggest night of his career.

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