The Pat Pieper Story

Baseball is rich with history and traditions.  One of the amazing stories is that of Frank "Pat" Pieper.  Pat was the public address announcer for the Chicago Cubs for an incredible 59 consecutive years.  He started announcing the lineups during the year that Wrigley Field opened and continued through 1974.

He made the following announcement before each game in that span of 59 years (only missing 16 games and not missing any games since 1924):

"Attention!  Attention, please!  Have your pencils and scorecards ready, and I will give you the correct lineups for today's game."

You can see Pat Pieper with a megaphone in the background of this image.  He announced the lineups before the historic game when Babe Ruth pointed to the bleachers before hitting a homerun in a World Series game agains the Cubs at Wrigley Field.