The Cubs game on April 14, 1925, a victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates, was the first major league game broadcast over Chicago radio. Big league baseball would become the most followed sport on radio, and it still is. One reason is that baseball’s deliberate pace allows the game’s best announcers to bond with their listeners, a flow that could be impeded by the new pitch clock’s faster pace.
Baseball broadcasters not only do great play by play, they also engage in baseball stories and homespun chat, painting word images that take audiences beyond the diamond to connect with sentimental memories. Chicago is blessed with a history of especially good broadcasters working Cubs and White Sox games, including today’s announcers.
