New York Had To Settle For Split Of Four Games With Chicago (White Sox) Because They Lost 2-1 In 11 Innings Thursday Because Fernando Cruz Surrendered Walk To Tristan Peters Scoring Chase Meidroth

Extra inning games away from Yankee Stadium aren’t New York the team that wears the pinstripes cup of tea as they ‘re 17-33 on the road in extra innings since man on second base came in to play during 2020 season during the coronavirus pandemic.

According to Michael Kay Of Yes Network

New York the team that wears the pinstripes had to settle for split of four game series because following winning Monday night 9-5 Tuesday night 3-2 at Chicago (White Sox) they lost two straight extra inning games Wednesday night 6-5 in 12 innings Thursday 2-1 in 11 innings because Fernando Cruz who came on in relief of Angel Chivilli surrendered walk to Tristan Peters who is center fielder scoring Chase Meidroth who was second baseman, shortstop.

Though,

That wasn’t the only reason they had to settle for a split as they had to settle for split because while Trent Grisham singled to center scoring Anthony Volpe who is shorstop giving New York the team that wears the pinstripes a 1-0 lead in top of 10th inning the remainder of the offense didn’t produce offensively. Ben Rice who is first baseman was 0-3 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Jasson Dominguez who is right fielder who is taking place of captain, right fielder Aaron Judge who is on injured list with stress fracture in ribs was 1-5 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in went to third base over slid the base and was called out. Paul Goldschmidt who was designated hitter who is first baseman 0-5 contributing offensively 0 runs 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Spencer Jones who’s usual position is right fielder who was left fielder. Max Schuemman who was pinch hitting was left fielder was 0-2 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Jazz Chisholm Jr. who is second baseman was 1-3 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Anthony Volpe who is shortstop was 0-5 contributing offensively 1 run. Ryan McMahon who is third baseman was 0-3 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Austin Wells who is catcher was 1-2 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Amed Rosario who pinch hit who is third baseman was 0-1 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in.

According to ESPN App

With having to settle for split with Chicago (White Sox New York the team that wears the pinstripes now has a record of 61-48 is 3.5 behind Tampa Bay who is leading the American League East with record 64-44.

Following New York the team that wears the pinstripes having to settle for split of four games with Chicago (White Sox) because they lost 2-1 in 11 innings because Fernando Cruz surrendered walk to Tristan Peters scoring Chase Meidroth manager Aaron Boone shared his thoughts by saying “We have to score a freaking point,”The pitchers again did their job. The bullpen was good, including Cruz. We’ve got to score. That’s the story, the beginning and end of it. We’ve got to find a way.”I’m not going to play the speculative game every single day now,”What’s going to happen Monday will happen or not happen. We have to score better. We have to do a better job offensively, period, and not looking over our shoulders for anyone. We have to find a way.”

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Manager Aaron Boone only one to share his thoughts on how the team offensively performed in 2-1 loss to Chicago (White Sox) as second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, starting pitcher Ryan Weathers did as well by saying We couldn’t get anything going, and it’s unfortunate, because the pitchers really threw the ball well today,”They’ve been throwing the ball well for a while.”We’ve run into some really good pitchers,“Just like we’ve been throwing the ball well, other teams are throwing the ball well. We’ve just got to keep grinding. We’ve still got a lot of baseball left.”

According to Bryan Hoch MLB article https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/fernando-cruz-walks-in-winning-run-in-11th-for-yankees

New York the team that wears the pinstripes is now to prepare to head over to Northside of Chicago for three game series with another Chicago team the team being the Chicago Cubs starting Friday afternoon in Chicago Illinois where Will Warren, Shota Imanga are starting.

Where?

On the mound!

Will Warren, Shota Imanaga are different because Will Warren is a right handed starting pitcher while Shota Imanaga is a left handed starting pitcher!

Will Warren comes into the game with Chicago (Cubs) with record of 7-5 with an earn run average of 4.41 because on Sunday July 26, 2026 Will Warren pitched 3.0 innings surrendering 6 hits, 6 earned runs, 2 walks.

To who?

Kyle Schwarber who is designated hitter who hit sacrifice fly to right scoring Trea Turner who is shortstop giving Philadelphia a 1-0 lead before Bryson Stott who is second baseman homered to right 360 feet in bottom of 2nd inning before Alec Bohm who is third baseman doubled to center scoring Brandon Marsh who is left fielder Kyle Schwarber Bryce Harper who is first baseman extending Philadelphia’s lead over New York the team that wears the pinstripes 5-0 in the bottom of 3rd inning before Philadelphia extended their yet again over New York the team that wears the pinstripes 6-0 as Bryson Stott who is second baseman singled to left scoring Alec Bohm while striking out 5 Philadelphia batters what was an 11-4 loss for New York the team that wears the pinstripes at Philadelphia while 2 Philadelphia batters striking out 5 Philadelphia batters.

Shota Imanga comes into the game with New York the team that wears the pinstripes with record of 7-8 with an earn run average of 3.72 because the day before Will Warren took the loss for New York the team that wears the pinstripes got the win at Pittsburgh 11-0 because Shota Imanga pitched 6.0 innings surrendering 4 hits, 0 earned runs , 1 walk.

To who?

Jake Mangum who is center fielder who was 1-4 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in Nick Gonzales who is third baseman who was 1-4 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in . Bryan Reynolds who is left fielder who was 0-3 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Tyler Callahan who is left fielder who was first baseman, pitcher who was 0-1 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Esmerlyn Valdez who is right fielder who was 1-3 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in . Ryan O Hearn who is first baseman who was 1-3 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in . Billy Cook who is center fielder who was 0-1 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in . Marcell Ozuna who is designated hitter who 0-3 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in . Shawn Ross who is catcher who was first baseman who was 0-4 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in . Jared Triolo who is shorstop who was third baseman who was 0-4 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Jacob Gonzalez who is shortstop who was 0-3 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in . Henry Davis who is catcher was 1-2 contributing 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in.

While striking out 4 Pittsburgh batters

According to ESPN App

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Could mother nature prevent New York the team that wears the pinstripes from starting three game series with Chicago (Cubs) from Will Warren, Shota Imanga from making their starts on schedule?

There is little chance of that happening because at first pitch it’s intermittent clouds with 20 % chance of rain before intermittent clouds continue with 20% chance of rain at 3:00pm before intermittent clouds continue chances of rain increase to 25 % chance at 4:00pm before the rain really arrives at 5:00pm as chances increase to 68% .

According to ESPN App

First pitch is set for 2:20pm Eastern Time 1:20pm Central Time from Wrigley Field!

The game is going to be televised on Yes Network with On Yes Michael Kay or Ryan Ruocco alongside rotating analysts David Cone, Paul O Neill, Joe Girardi, Meredith Marakovits or Justin Shackil are going to be commentating! Michael Kay is the Emmy Award-winning Yankees play-by-play announcer for the YES Network who also hosts the network’s CenterStage series and its various programming specials. The 2025 season will be his 34th year broadcasting Yankees baseball: the first 10 years on radio, the latter 24 on YES.

Kay was a part of YES’ Yankees team that won a 2024 New York Emmy Award for its season-long coverage, a 2023 Emmy Award for its pre-game shows and a 2022 Emmy Award for Single Game Coverage.

Kay’s Centerstage show won a 2020 New York Emmy for best Interview/Discussion show. He also won a 2015 New York Emmy Award for his play-by-play work on YES’ Yankees telecasts, and a 2017 New York Emmy for his CenterStage hosting duties. In total, Kay has earned 19 Emmy wins while at YES. He also won CableFAX Program Awards in 2011 and 2013 for his CenterStage hosting duties.

From February 2014 to December 2024, Kay co-hosted The Michael Kay Show, a sports talk show heard weekdays from 3 to 6:30 pm ET on ESPN Radio in New York, which was simulcast live on YES. On January 6, 2025, Kay began solo hosting his new eponymous show on the same station from 1-3 pm ET weekdays.

During the 2022 and 2023 MLB seasons, Kay co-hosted, with former Yankee Alex Rodriguez, special “KayRod Casts,” alternate broadcasts on ESPN2 that aired alongside ESPN’s traditional Sunday Night Baseball broadcasts.

In November 2016, Kay was inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in October 2018. The following month, he was awarded the Lou Gehrig Sports Award by the Greater New York Chapter of the A.L.S. Association.

Kay received the Vin Scully Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting from WFUV Radio in November 2018; WFUV is the radio station for Fordham University, Kay’s alma mater. Previous recipients of the Vin Scully Award include Dick Enberg, Ernie Harwell, Bob Costas, Al Michaels, Verne Lundquist, Pat Summerall and Mike “Doc” Emrick.

He was inducted into the inaugural Hall of Fame class of the prestigious Bronx High School of Science in February 2018. Kay was awarded the Italian American Baseball Federation Media Award in December 2022. In 2005, Kay was honored in his home borough of the Bronx with an honorary street sign erected on the Grand Concourse in his name. In December 2023, Kay was honored as a National Honoree by the Stamford (Ct.) Old Timers Athletic Association.

Kay handled play-by-play duties for ESPN’s coverage of the Astros-Tigers and the Blue Jays-Twins American League Wild Card Series in 2024 and 2023, respectively. He also did play-by-play on the ESPN Radio Network for the 2016 Blue Jays-Rangers American League Division Series, the 2013 Tigers-Athletics American League Division Series and the 2008 Phillies-Brewers National League Division Series. He also was a frequent contributor to ESPN’s Emmy Award-winning Sports Reporters television show.

Before joining the YES Network in 2002, Kay worked at the MSG Network since 1989 as a Yankees reporter. In 1992, he added Knicks locker room reporter to his responsibilities and continued in that role until the 1998-99 season.

Kay was awarded the Dick Young Award for Excellence in Sports Media by the New York Pro Baseball Scouts in 1995. In 1998, he was on the MSG Network team that won a New York Emmy for “Outstanding Live Sports Coverage – Series.” In 1996 and 1997, he was a member of the MSG Network team that won New York Emmys for “Outstanding Live Sports Coverage - Single Program” for Dwight Gooden’s no-hitter and “The Battle for New York: Yankees vs. Mets.” He was also part of the Yankees/MSG Network production team nominated for New York Emmy Awards for six consecutive years.

In addition to his television work, the Bronx, NY, native worked as a Yankees analyst on WABC Radio from 1992 through the 2001 season, which concluded with the classic Yankees-Diamondbacks World Series. Kay was a winner of “Best Sports Reporter” honors at the 2000 New York Metro Achievement in Radio Awards. In 1998, Kay also began co-hosting Sports Talk with John Sterling and Michael Kay, a nightly sports radio call-in show which aired on WABC Radio during the winter months.

Shortly after graduating from Fordham University in 1982 with a B.A. in Communications, Kay worked at SportsPhone and as the public address announcer for the New York Pro Summer Basketball League.

In 1982, Kay landed the job as general assignment writer for the New York Post. Two years later, he began covering college basketball (1984-85) and then spent two years as the writer covering the New Jersey Nets. In 1987, he moved to baseball at the Post, serving as the Yankees beat reporter. While he was in that position, he got his first television job with MSG Network as host of the Hot Stove League segment of MSG’s SportsNight.

In 1989, Kay moved to the New York Daily News, where he was the Yankees beat reporter before taking the job as a Yankees broadcaster on WABC Radio in 1992. With that jump, Kay became the first newspaper reporter in any sport to make the move into the broadcast booth full-time, performing both play-by-play and analysis.

Kay stayed on the radio for 10 years, broadcasting the Yankees’ four World Series championships during that time, before moving to the television side to become the lead play-by-play man for YES in 2002.

Kay has been involved in the Baseball Assistance Team (B.A.T.), a charitable organization whose mission is to assist baseball community members. He co-hosted the 2013 B.A.T. fundraising dinner in New York. Kay also was master of ceremonies at the 2013 Thurman Munson Awards fundraising dinner in New York.

Kay is active with the Alzheimer’s Association in memory of his mother, Rose, who passed away from the disease in 2006. He also teamed up with former Yankees manager Joe Girardi and Girardi’s Catch 25 Foundation to organize annual charity dinners to raise money for Alzheimer’s research.

Kay and his wife Jodi Applegate have a daughter, Caledonia Rose Kay, born in January 2013, and a son, Charles Applegate Kay, born in November 2014.

Ryan Ruocco, who joined YES in 2007 as a statistician for the network’s New York Yankees telecasts, holds down various roles within the network’s Yankees coverage. He backs up YES’ play-by-play man Michael Kay, fills in hosting YES’ Yankees Pre- and Post-Game Shows and periodically handles clubhouse reporting duties. Ruocco also shares play-by-play duties with veteran Ian Eagle on YES’ Brooklyn Nets telecasts.

Ruocco has won six Emmy Awards while at YES. He was a part of the YES team which won a 2024 Emmy in the Live Sporting Event/Season category and was a member of the YES team which won a 2022 Emmy in the Live Sporting Event/Game category. Ruocco also earned individual New York Emmy nominations in 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 for his work at the network.

In addition to his YES work, Ruocco is one of the primary NBA play-by-play voices on ESPN, is the lead play-by-play announcer for the network’s women’s college basketball package and is the lead play-by-play announcer for the WNBA on ESPN. Ruocco is also executive producer of the 2024 documentary Sue Bird: In the Clutch.

He also handled periodic NFL play-by-play on ESPN Radio, college football and college basketball play- by-play on ESPN’s television networks, and he co-hosted ESPN Radio New York’s mid-day show.

Ruocco also co-hosted the popular R2C2 podcast with former Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia from 2017 to 2023.

Prior to joining YES, Ruocco handled basketball and football play-by-play at WFUV, Fordham University’s radio station while he was a student there. He also hosted WFUV’s One on One, New York’s longest-running sports call-in show. In 2008, he received Fordham’s prestigious Marty Glickman Award, named for the legendary play-by-play announcer.

Ruocco, who grew up in Fishkill, N.Y., graduated on the Dean’s List from Fordham in 2008 with a B.S. in Communications.

David Cone, the strikeout artist who endeared himself to New York Yankees fans for his numerous clutch performances and for hurling a perfect game in 1999, initially joined YES as a Yankees analyst in 2002. After pitching for the Mets in 2003 and then retiring from baseball, he re-joined YES as an analyst for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. After a year away from the mic, he came back again to YES in 2011 and has been with the network ever since. Cone has won five New York Emmy Awards while at YES.

Since 2022, Cone has been a game analyst on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball telecasts in addition to his YES duties. In 2019, he collaborated on a book with YES colleague Jack Curry called Full Count: The Education of a Pitcher, which was a New York Times best-seller.

Cone compiled a 194-126 record, 3.46 ERA and 2,688 strikeouts in his 17-year Major League career. He captured the American League Cy Young Award in 1994 and was a five-time All-Star (1988, 1992, 1994, 1997 and 1999). The Kansas City, Mo. native, known for coming up big in critical games, posted an 8-3 postseason record and played on five world championship teams: the 1992 Blue Jays and the 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000 Yankees.

The flame-throwing right-hander was drafted by his hometown Kansas City Royals in the third round of the 1981 amateur draft and made his Major League debut with the Royals in 1986. He played the next five and a half seasons with the Mets; in 1988, he ran up a 20-3 record, 2.22 ERA and 213 strikeouts, and on October 6, 1991, he struck out 19 Phillies in a game.

After short stints with the Blue Jays and the Royals (again), he joined the Yankees in 1995. His finest season in pinstripes was 1998, when he was 20-7 with a 3.55 ERA and 209 strikeouts. A year later, on July 18, 1999, he hurled a perfect game against the Montreal Expos, only the second inter-league perfect game in Major League history. Fellow Yankee Don Larsen’s World Series gem in 1956 was the first.

While with the Yankees from 1995-2000, Cone was 64-40 with a 3.91 ERA and 888 strikeouts. He pitched for Boston in 2001, sat out the 2002 season, and pitched briefly for the Mets in 2003 before retiring.

Paul O’Neill is in his 24th season as a New York Yankees analyst for the YES Network. He has earned five New York Emmy Awards for his work at YES.

O’Neill played Major League Baseball for 17 seasons, from 1985 to 2001. He appeared in six World Series and earned five World Series rings, one with the Cincinnati Reds and four with the New York Yankees. He also played in five All-Star games.

The Yankees honored him on August 21, 2022, by permanently retiring his No. 21 during “Paul O’Neill Day” at Yankee Stadium.

O’Neill began his MLB career in 1985 with the Reds. After eight seasons with Cincinnati, O’Neill joined the Yankees in 1993, with whom he won the American League batting title in 1994 with a .359 average. From July 23, 1995, until May 7, 1997, O’Neill played 235 games in right field without making an error. In 1997, he led the American League in hitting with men on base with a .429 average. On Aug. 25, 2001, O’Neill became the oldest Major Leaguer to steal 20 bases and hit 20 home runs in the same season.

He was inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame in November 2017. In 2008, O’Neill was named “Father of the Year” by The National Father’s Day Council at its 67th Annual Father of the Year awards dinner in New York.

Former New York Yankees catcher Joe Girardi, who helped lead the Yankees to three World Championships in the 1990s as a player and later guided the team to the 2009 World Championship as a manager, re-joined the YES Network as a Yankees analyst in advance of the 2024 season. He previously had been a Yankees analyst for YES in 2004 and 2007.

In addition to managing the Yankees from 2008 to 2017, Girardi managed the Philadelphia Phillies from the 2020 season until June of 2022, and he also held that role with the Florida Marlins in 2006, with whom Girardi earned the National League Manager of the Year Award. Girardi also was the Yankees’ bench coach under manager Joe Torre during the 2005 season.

From 2022-24, Girardi served as a Chicago Cubs analyst on the Marquee Sports Network. Previously, he was an analyst with the MLB Network in 2018 and 2019. In addition, he was an analyst during the 2003 National League Division Series for ESPN Radio and provided the 2007 World Series pre-game analysis for FOX Sports.

In addition to his analyst work during his previous stints at YES, he won a New York Emmy Award for his hosting efforts on the network’s Kids on Deck series and was the star of The Joe Girardi Show.

A Peoria, Ill. Native, Girardi graduated from Spalding (Ill.) Institute in 1982 after earning All-State honors in baseball. He then played at Northwestern University, where he was a two-time All-Big Ten selection and three-time Academic All-American. He received his bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Northwestern in 1986.

He was drafted by the Cubs in the fifth round of the 1986 amateur draft. He broke into the majors in 1989 with the Cubs and later played three seasons for the Colorado Rockies (1993-1995). Girardi was acquired by the Yankees prior to the 1996 season and played key roles as New York won the World Series in 1996, 1998 and 1999.

One month after departing the Yankees as a free agent in November 1999, Girardi signed with the Cubs and played three additional seasons for Chicago, making the National League All-Star team in 2000.

He played one season for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2003 before signing with the Yankees as a free agent in February 2004. Girardi retired at the end of spring training, then joined YES.

Emmy Award-winning Meredith Marakovits was named the YES Network’s New York Yankees clubhouse reporter in March 2012. She reports on the team within the network’s Yankees game telecasts, pre- and post-game shows, Yankees Batting Practice Today and Yankees Hot Stove. She also periodically hosts the network’s Brooklyn Nets pre- and post-game shows.

Justin Shackil begins his sixth season covering the Yankees for YES Network, serving in a variety of roles, including clubhouse reporting and studio hosting. In addition to his baseball duties at YES Network, Shackil has called play-by-play for Brooklyn Nets, New York Liberty and college basketball broadcasts.

On radio, Shackil worked on the WFAN Yankees Radio Network for three seasons as a fill-in play-by-play announcer and postgame host. Shackil has also worked for the New York Yankees since 2015, hosting the team’s in-stadium pre-game shows and working with its in-house production team. In addition, he has co-hosted the Toeing The Slab pitching podcast with David Cone and YES researcher James Smyth. Shackil currently serves as a host and blow-by-blow announcer for Matchroom Boxing on DAZN.

His additional work credits include hosting for NBA Entertainment, SiriusXM Sports, Westwood One and radio play-by-play for the Double-A baseball teams: Mobile BayBears, Tennessee Smokies and Trenton Thunder. Shackil graduated from Fordham University in 2009.

According to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/team/broadcasters

On Marquee Sports Network with Jon Sciambi , Jim Deshies , Pat Hughes , Ron Coomer commentating!

Jon "Boog" Sciambi joined Marquee Sports Network as television play-by-play announcer on January 4, 2021. Sciambi previously served as a radio broadcaster with the Florida Marlins from 1997-2004 and as the lead play-by-play television announcer for the Atlanta Braves from 2007-09. Beginning in 2010, he joined ESPN full-time, serving in numerous roles with the network, most prominently as the voice of ESPN Sunday Night Baseball for MLB on ESPN Radio, and as the regular play-by-play voice on Wednesday Night Baseball telecasts for ESPN since 2014.

During his time at ESPN, Sciambi has contributed to ESPN Radio’s MLB World Series coverage as an on-site studio host, while providing post-game, on-field interviews for ESPN’s SportsCenter. He also has held play-by-play duties for both the College and Little League World Series. His time at the network dates to 2005, when he began doing play-by-play for select college basketball and MLB games, and he has continued in play-by-play for both sports during his tenure at ESPN. In addition to his play-by-play duties at Marquee, he will continue to serve as a multiplatform broadcaster for ESPN.

“Boog” is on the Board of Directors for Project Main St., a charity dedicated to providing financial assistance to people living with ALS. The charity was created in 2006 by one of Jon’s childhood friends, Tim Sheehy, who passed away from the disease in 2007. For more information and to help support grants for individuals living with ALS, please visit projectmainst.org.

Jim Deshaies joined the Chicago Cubs broadcast booth as a color commentator in 2013, and 2021 marks his ninth season calling Cubs games. Deshaies was part of Marquee’s first game broadcast as he was in the booth for the Cubs Spring Training victory at Sloan Park, February 22, 2020. Prior to joining the Cubs, “JD” spent 16 seasons in the same role with the Houston Astros, receiving a 2010 Lone Star Emmy for Broadcast Excellence.

A 12-year major league veteran, the left-handed hurler posted a 4.14 ERA in 257 games (253 starts) with the Yankees (1984), Astros (1985-91), Padres (1992), Twins (1993, 1994), Giants (1993) and Phillies (1995). In 1986, he set a club rookie record with 12 wins for the West Division champion Houston Astros, while setting a modern-day major league record, September 23 of that season, as he struck out the first eight batters he faced in the start. His 61 victories with the Astros are fifth-most in franchise history among left-handed pitchers, and he was on the ballot in 1999 as one of the starting pitchers on the Astros All-Astrodome Team.

Pat is in his 23rd season as the radio play-by-play voice of the Cubs. He joined Cubs radio broadcasts in 1996 after spending the previous 12 years teaming with Bob Uecker on the Milwaukee Brewers Radio Network. Hughes began his baseball play-by-play career in the minor leagues, calling action for the San Jose Missions (1978-1981) and the Columbus Clippers (1982). He worked as a play-by-play voice for Marquette University's basketball team from 1988-2004, including working with Al McGuire during the 1996-2000 seasons. Hughes' collegiate play-by-play career also includes stints with Northwestern University, San Jose State University, the University of Wisconsin and ESPN. He worked in Minnesota in 1983 as the TV voice of the Twins and as the hockey host/interviewer on North Stars telecasts. Hughes was named the Illinois Sportscaster of the Year in 1996, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2015 and 2017. He earned Wisconsin Sportscaster of the Year Award honors three times (1990-1992). Hughes is the producer of "Baseball Voices: Hall of Fame Series," compact discs that commemorate and pay tribute to famous announcers of the past. He has produced disks honoring Harry Caray and Jack Buck, as well as Marty Brennaman. Hughes is a graduate of San Jose State University. He was born on May 27, 1955, in Tucson, Arizona. Hughes and his wife, Trish, have two children: Janell and Amber.

The 2018 season marks Ron's fifth year alongside Pat Hughes as the analyst on Cubs radio broadcasts. Coomer played for the Cubs in 2001, batting .261 (91-for-349) with 19 doubles, eight home runs and 53 RBI. In nine major league seasons with Minnesota (1995-2000), the Cubs (2001), the Yankees (2002) and the Dodgers (2003), he batted .274 (827-for-3,019) with 92 home runs and 449 RBI in 911 games. Coomer was selected to the 1999 American League All-Star team with Minnesota and appeared in the 2002 ALDS with the Yankees. Prior to joining the Cubs broadcast team, he worked for FOX Sports North (2005-13) as a pre/post game analyst for Twins games. 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.) High School. He and his wife, Paula, reside in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

According to https://www.mlb.com/cubs/team/broadcasters