The words still ring in his ears:
“Along with Hall of Famer Harry Caray and Cubs legend Ron Santo, it’s Pat Hughes at Comiskey Park.”
It was June 16, 1997 — the very first Cubs-Sox game in Year 1 of interleague play across the major leagues.
Hughes, 66, called that one and has called every Cubs-Sox game since. But there has been no topping the first time, which came in his second season on Cubs radio at the tender-ish age of 42. The most memorable part about it? His boothmates.
“You have to kind of stop sometimes and say, ‘What am I doing here?