Announcer chicago cubs

Returning to great American pastimes comes with a nostalgic soundtrack — at the ballpark , it's an organ and a voice from above. At Wrigley Field , that booming voice is younger than it sounds. The announcer at the public address microphone is year-old Jeremiah Paprocki, the first Black person to ever hold the job and the youngest in Wrigley history.

The college senior at the University of Illinois Chicago is finishing his last year remotely. The stadium has been home to legendary play-by-play announcer Harry Caray, and famous super fans like Bill Murray , who takes the mic himself from time to time. Now, it's Paprocki's voice greeting fans with, "Good afternoon and welcome to baseball at beautiful Wrigley Field. Being an inspiration has turned Paprocki into a kind of sports star of his own.

From the time he was a young boy he knew he wanted to be in broadcasting. He was a ham radio operator in his teens and was the first person to contact Admiral Richard Byrd and his expedition from Antarctica in ; he began his sportscaster career in at local Cedar Rapids WMT-AM , announcing the Raiders baseball games from the roof of a nearby house.

He was not allowed to broadcast from the ball park, as the ball club was afraid his broadcasts would cut down on attendance at the games. He spent 10 years at WMT before moving on to Chicago. He earned Wisconsin Sportscaster of the Year Award honors three times Hughes is the producer of "Baseball Voices: Hall of Fame Series," compact discs that commemorate and pay tribute to famous announcers of the past.

Hughes is a graduate of San Jose State University. He was born on May 27, , in Tucson, Arizona. Hughes and his wife, Trish, have two children: Janell and Amber. The season marks Ron's fifth year alongside Pat Hughes as the analyst on Cubs radio broadcasts. Coomer played for the Cubs in , batting. In nine major league seasons with Minnesota , the Cubs , the Yankees and the Dodgers , he batted.

With the Twins, he won four Emmy awards as a baseball analyst: two individual awards as a sports analyst and two as a member of the team's broadcast. Coomer was born in Chicago and graduated from Lockport Ill.