Pat Hughes Calls Daryle Ward's Home Run

By popular demand - an astonished Pat Hughes calls the game winning home run by Daryle Ward in the ninth inning of the Cubs game against the Marlins on August 15th, on WGN 720.

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Outstanding.

For those of us that were away from radio & TV last night, we thank you.

Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)

by Zeke on Aug 16, 2008 2:26 PM CDT reply actions

Thanks again John!

Loved it last night and love it just as much now!

"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun

by Bump Bailey on Aug 16, 2008 2:29 PM CDT reply actions

I posted this in the recap thread...

… but that’s great. Pat got TRULY excited, which you rarely hear.

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by Al Yellon on Aug 16, 2008 3:42 PM CDT reply actions

I love that even after all these years in the game for Pat

some things STILL excite him. That is very cool to me.

Thanks for posting this John!

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Aug 16, 2008 4:12 PM CDT reply actions

Thank you...

I got goosebumps listening to this. But I wish Ron was there, he would’ve made it even more special.

"Remember each day this year, where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, how you felt as the Cubs win their way through it. Because if this does turn out to be the promised land we have all been waiting for, you will want to remember, savor, cherish every moment..."

by CubsBullsBears on Aug 16, 2008 6:14 PM CDT reply actions

+1

Ron would have gone bananas…

"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun

by Bump Bailey on Aug 16, 2008 11:56 PM CDT up reply actions

Love every second of it

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by Brett Taylor on Aug 16, 2008 9:08 PM CDT reply actions

Awesome, thanks!

Another great moment in a great season.

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by daver on Aug 16, 2008 10:01 PM CDT reply actions

real cool. thanks

one a thread someone mentioned the florida call, a bit less happy.

i have all three call of michael jordan scoring at the buzzer to eliminate the cavaliers. the national feed was neutral, jim durham (bulls) went apestuff.

the funniest(?) call was from the cavs. a memorable shot, and IIRC, it went something like this.

…“jordan goes up over ehlo, it’s good. the bulls win 101-100, and advance to the next round winning the series 3-2. we’ll be back to wrap it up after this”

out to an advert in about 8 seconds.

great cap, thanks again.

by tim815 on Aug 17, 2008 1:25 AM CDT reply actions

Could you post those sometime?

"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun

by Bump Bailey on Aug 18, 2008 12:01 AM CDT up reply actions

i'm very tech unsavvy

i’ll keep it in mind

by tim815 on Aug 18, 2008 8:32 AM CDT up reply actions

Thank you

Those game winning hits really make you miss Ronny. I missed Len’s call too as I was flipping between the game and the Olympics.

"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti

by wrigleyrocker12 on Aug 17, 2008 8:46 AM CDT reply actions

thanks again

I got goose bumps again! Great call.

go cubs go, go cubs go

by dale4anna on Aug 17, 2008 10:59 AM CDT reply actions

thanks a million

goosebumps here as well!!!

"You gotta be some kind of strong to hit that ball"-Joe Carter

by Lemonhead99 on Aug 17, 2008 2:57 PM CDT reply actions

THANKS for sharing!

a win is a win.

by JoToPo on Aug 17, 2008 3:53 PM CDT reply actions

Cheers for this.

I love the silence after the call, like Pat’s afraid that if he says something it will erase what just happened.

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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 18, 2008 11:46 AM CDT reply actions

Sweet

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by californiachicagoan on Aug 18, 2008 4:28 PM CDT reply actions

Thanks

I know Dave Otto is not the most popular guy, but I love his grunts of disbelief that you can hear in the background. He obviously didn’t know what to say. Those “sounds” were as meaningful to me as any cheering Ron would have done, which would have been fun to hear, too.

MV2008

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by mattvegas on Aug 19, 2008 4:27 PM CDT reply actions

Agreed

Pat’s excited unbelief combined with Dave’s grunts are the best parts. But, I can’t imagine how exstatic Ronny would have been. It would surely have been necessary to turn his mic down.

With Cubs legend Ron Santo...

by PatHughesFan on Aug 20, 2008 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions