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Reports out of Chicago say the radio voices of the Chicago Cubs, Pat Hughes and Rom Coomer are going absolutely nowhere. Jeff Agrest of the Chicago Sun-Times reports the two both signed multiyear contract extensions with the team last week and will remain on the broadcasts carried by 670 The Score.
The 69-year-old Hughes has been the play-by-play voice of the team since 1996. Overall, Hughes has over 40 years of experience as an announcer in the Big Leagues. Hughes was named the winner of the Ford C. Frick Award by the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2023. Hughes started calling MLB games as a voice of the Minnesota Twins in 1983. He then spent 12 years as the voice of the Milwaukee Brewers. Hughes partnered with Cubs great Ron Santo until the Hall of Famer passed away in 2010.
Following Santo’s death, former Cub player Keith Moreland sat in the analyst chair for three seasons. In 2013, Coomer, also a former Cubs player, began working with Hughes.
‘Coom Dawg’ as he is known played nine seasons in Major League Baseball from 1995-2003. In addition to playing for the Cubs, he also spent time with the Twins, the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers. After retiring, Coomer spent a couple years as a color analyst for the Twins on Fox Sports North.
