Hughes, Hamilton have opportunity of lifetime

CLEVELAND — The calls of great moments in baseball history are often just as iconic as the moments themselves.

And at the end of this World Series — the unlikely coupling of the Cubs against the Indians, which opens on Tuesday night at Progressive Field — there will be a huge opportunity for the play-by-play radio guys to make their marks.

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• World Series Game 1: Tuesday 7:30 p.m. ET air time/8 p.m. game time on FOX

Pat Hughes has been broadcasting Cubs games for 20 years. Tom Hamilton has been doing the same for the Tribe for 27. The Cubs haven’t won the World Series since 1908, the Indians since 1948.

It’s a confluence of events and forces that should lead to not only dramatic baseball, but to a description of the outcome that will last forever.

Game Date Time (air time/game time) Matchup TV Gm 1 Oct. 25 7:30 p.m./8 p.m. CHC @ CLE FOX Gm 2 Oct. 26 7:30 p.m./8 p.m. CHC @ CLE FOX Gm 3 Oct. 28 7:30 p.m./8 p.m. CLE @ CHC FOX Gm 4 Oct. 29 7:30 p.m./8 p.m. CLE @ CHC FOX *Gm 5 Oct. 30 8 p.m. CLE @ CHC FOX *Gm 6 Nov. 1 7:30 p.m./8 p.m. CHC @ CLE FOX *Gm 7 Nov. 2 7:30 p.m./8 p.m. CHC @ CLE FOX * If necessary | All times listed ET • World Series coverageShop for postseason gear: Cubs | Indians

“You think about how lucky you are to have this job,” Hamilton told MLB.com when reached by phone on Sunday. “I’ve known that since the day I got it 27 years ago. And if you’re a play-by-play guy, you live for these kinds of moments.”

If the Cubs win it all, Hughes will have a chance to call an event that hasn’t happened since the dawn of radio. Even so, on Saturday night he was the first Cubs broadcaster since the legendary Jack Brickhouse in 1945 to tell his audience that the Cubs had won a pennant.

The Cubs won Game 6 of their National League Championship Series, 5-0, over the Dodgers at Wrigley Field, which opened in …

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