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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Jeff Agrest

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

Pat Hughes gives his speech for his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. (Jeff Agrest)

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Pat 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.

That was Hughes’ task Saturday, when he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as the recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting. 

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