[3] Game 2 of that Series announced by Patrick, won by the Indians, made television history.

Telecast live from Braves Field in Boston, it was shown aboard the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Marylander passenger train travelling between Washington, D.C., and New York City using a receiver operated by Bendix Corporation technicians.

"Van Patrick's toupée" was a source of many jokes in the Detroit area during that period.

Of special note, on March 8, 1971, along with Mutual colleague Charles King, Patrick handled the live broadcast of the Frazier–Ali "Fight of the Century" round-by-round summaries as they came out over the wire services.

[7] He died of cancer while preparing to call a Notre Dame football game in South Bend, Indiana.