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John Beasley Brickhouse (January 24, 1916 – August 6, 1998) was an American sportscaster.Known primarily for his play-by-play coverage of Chicago Cubs games on WGN-TV from 1948 to 1981, he received the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983.
Babe Ruth's called shot is the home run hit by Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees against the Chicago Cubs in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, held on October 1, 1932, at Wrigley Field in Chicago. During his at-bat, Ruth made a pointing gesture before hitting the home run to deep center field.
CHICAGO (WGN) - In the mid-1990s, shortly before he died, late WGN broadcaster Jack Brickhouse passed along a vintage piece of Americana to WGN Morning News anchor Larry Potash. In 1945, the Hall ...
Jack Brickhouse (1941–44; 1947–81) "Hey-hey!" "Weeeeee!" [1] Bert Wilson (1944–55) "I don't care who wins, as long as it's the Cubs!" Wayne Osborne (1945)
Uecker has reduced his workload to home games in recent years, but you can still hear his iconic home run call and hilarious side anecdotes at WTMJ-AM (620). He's still the beating heart of ...
Jack Brickhouse (1943) WCFL 970 kHz (1929–1931, 1935–1940) WIBO 560 kHz (1930–1932) WENR 870 kHz (1931) WJKS 1360 kHz (1932) WIND 560 kHz (1933–1939, 1941–1943) WBBM 770 kHz (1935–1940) WJJD 1130 kHz (1937–1940) WCFL 1000 kHz (1941–1943) WJJD 1160 kHz (1941–1943) Station frequencies and call letters are accurate for the years ...
The "El Capitan" home run call became Sterling's calling card for the Yankees captain. (Call above begins at 0:00 mark). ... He would not hit another postseason jack for the Yankees until the 2001 ...
During the 1950s, Lloyd was the sidekick to Jack Brickhouse on Cubs and Chicago White Sox television broadcasts, during a time when WGN-TV covered both teams' home games and selected road games. When Cubs radio play-by-play man Jack Quinlan died in an auto accident during spring training, in 1965, Lloyd was promoted to that position and Lloyd ...