I don't need to read his resume. My ears tell me all I need to know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marsh15
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I don't need to read his resume. My ears tell me all I need to know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marsh15
Yeah, it's me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marsh15
Everyone else loves Thom's style
Fine... you like him I don't.
I also don't spend my life listening to only Reds baseball, so maybe my POV is not correct.
Whatever
I love this line. I’m going to have to find a way to work this into conversation at some point.Quote:
Originally Posted by westofyou
It’s true, too.
Vin Scully in 2020, please.
I feel like Marty doesn’t give a crap what people think anymore, but maybe he will elevate that to a new level since he now has one foot out the door...it could be glorious.
IIRC, that was a posed picture for a charity calendar.Quote:
Originally Posted by klw
I've been listening since the Waite Hoyt years, so I've heard lots of the good and the bad. Fourteen years ago, I moved far enough away to only get limited/sporadic radio broadcasts of Reds games. Marty has had a great career but it's time. From what I could tell, he quit "calling" the games and became overly critical and opinionated to the point of distraction. I realize the product on the field was bad but no need to pile on. That's what we here at RedZone are for. As for Thom: I said before that I don't mind him on national broadcasts, but he's brutal on Reds games. He whines and harps to no end. It's like he's taking everything personal instead of just doing his job.
I used to love baseball. After the 1981 strike, I used to say that bad baseball was better than no baseball. I loved listening to Marty and Joe growing up. But Joe passed away and the Brennemans sucked out all the joy I used to get from the game. So now I say no baseball is better than Brenneman baseball.Quote:
Originally Posted by Old NDN
And of course, I live in Indians territory, so I can't listen to Tom Hamilton either because I don't like being yelled at for 3 hours.
Marty has cast a big shadow on my life and has left me with a lot of fond memories. That said, I think it’s good that he’s moving on. And now that he is retiring, I truly hope the Reds bring in a capable person from the outside to fill the gap Marty will leave. Say what you want about the guy, but they clearly don’t have the talent to replace him in house.
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Originally Posted by Yachtzee
I agree about Hamilton. I cringe on his snippets on highlights on MLB Network. He doesn't stop.
Tom, you're one of my favorite forum members and I feel like we are in agreement 9 times out of 10, but I can't support this one bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom Servo
Like so many on this board, I went to sleep as a child hugging a radio listening to Reds games. As I got older it sat on my nightstand as I fell asleep to west coast games as a teen.
Marty was about as good as anyone who ever announced ballgames, period.
He embodied the franchise in many ways.
The last few years he definitely seemed disillusioned with a club that was horrible and had struggled to win for most of the last 20 years.
As self righteous as he often got, I can forgive that.
Reds baseball has been a huge part of my 36 year existence.
Memories of listening to Marty on a porch/patio on a starlit summer night with my Dad/Grandfathers/Uncle's/cousins/friends is the epitome of the love and nostalgia that makes MLB such a special experience for so many people.
I won't miss sarcastic, anti SABR Marty so much. Whoever replaces him, though, has a gigantic gap to fill.
I don't expect to be very pleased with what comes next, unfortunately.
Like others I remember Marty's first broadcast. I was in 8th grade science and the teacher had it on the radio.I even remember his first spring training broadcast and how I thought he sounded alot like Al Michaels.
I am 58. There are few constants for someone my age that run through this much of life. Reds on the radio and Marty is one of the few. It's a love?hate with me. His voice takes me back. He paints a picture like an artist. He is also an arrogant man full of self-importance who feels he is bigger than the game. I still appreciate him.
I spend considerable time out on my deck listening to radio broadcasts while my wife watches it on TV. She kind of understands. I suspect I will do it more often this year. Maybe with a countdown on he will soften a bit. Who knows? This might be the last year I listen on the deck. Depends.
Tom is terrible.WOY speaks for me here.
Kind of feeling old right now
I'll sincerely miss Marty. I'm 32 and he's all I've ever known. My father passed when I was 9 and one of the few memories I have with him is listening to Marty and Joe on the the radio. I'll leave it at that.
I'm available.
I was 20 yrs old in 1974, born and raised a Devout Reds Fan.
I can barely remember sitting on the living room floor watching the 1961 WS with my family.
My older brothers trying to keep me still and trying their best to teach me players names and positions.
My older sister used to have an old black and white picture of all of us on the floor around the TV, she had written all of our names and a full discription of the screen on the back of the photo.
I remember all of the radio pop announcers from the early 60’s till today.
I was shocked and a lil’ bit heartbroken when Al left for the west coast.
I thought the Reds would never have another announcer as good as Al.
I was wrong.. Marty turned out to be just as good, sometimes better.
There was nothing better than Marty and Joe on the radio.
Joe had a way about him that could keep Marty in check whenever he would start to lose his mind and go off on a pitcher for giving up a HR or on an infielder for committing an error.
Joe would say something like “baseball ain’t as easy as it looks Little Buddy” or “Ya gotta remember those other guys are getting paid to try and win the game too Little Buddy” and Marty would always calm down.
I will always remember and cherish the good old days with Marty and regret and try to forget the memory of the arrogant egotistical “Hall Of Famer” that Marty became once Joe left the radio booth.
I teared up a little when I heard this.
Ever since the Puig signing, I've kind of dreaded how Marty would react on the air. Now, in his last year, I could honestly see Marty embracing it. A Marty-Puig bromance could be a beautiful and hilarious thing. Here's hoping.
Here's a video of Marty talking about the acquisitions.Quote:
Originally Posted by WildcatFan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJgpYBzH3xo
Marty has had one heck of a career. 45 years in a job is an incredible accomplishment. But fans will be treated to a better experience in his absence.
Marty is the man. Period.
I see a Brennaman/Puig montage played out to the song "I'm Into Something Good", by Herman's Hermits.Quote:
Originally Posted by WildcatFan
Or maybe "I think I Love You", by David Cassidy.
What you say is all true, but Marty stayed on too long, and that will tarnish his ultimate legacy.Quote:
Originally Posted by OGB
Marty simply didn't know when it was time to fold them.
I will miss Marty because when he wanted to be good, no one else was better. I just am not looking forward from now till October the nonstop references and stories about this being Martys last year. For the first time in many years I am excited for the upcoming year due to the recent transactions. I just wish Marty would of announced this sometime in July or August.
I just hope the focus of this year is on the field and not on Marty
Oh and Thom sucks.
Some great podcasts on 700wlw from yesterday (Except for those who do not like Marty). Marty said in the early 80's, he was offered a five year deal from the Boston Redsox (And this one belongs to the BOSOX). Says he still has the contract details that were written down on a yellow pad hanging in his basement.
Also said in the 80's, he would have gotten fired after his contract expired but the general manager who was going to do that (Dick Wagner) was fired before that happened. :thumbup:
ArroyoQuote:
Originally Posted by PuffyPig
Griffey
Rolen
They stayed too long.
Marty has been fine
I can't imagine not watching baseball because you don't like some guy talking about the game on the radio.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yachtzee
He said he would never call another game in "this area."Quote:
Originally Posted by WrongVerb
I'm old enough to remember Waite Hoyt, Claude Sullivan, Al Michaels and others. I am aware enough (because of At Bat and SiriusXM) to listen to other PBP guys. Marty, despite his tendency to go off-topic, was the best. I remember the whole wrestling era and the Elvis statue and all that. Everybody thought it was cute, but nowadays it would be horrible. Time changes everything.
I teared up because he is Reds baseball to me. Al Michaels was good, but Hoyt, Sullivan, and Gene somebody just didn't keep me going back every night. Marty did. He had personality and I could ignore the ad libs and all that. It was quite entertaining on a long drive home. I listened to his first game and will listen on his last game. I know that's not popular around here, but Marty and I had a history. A long history. I often listened on radio and watched the game. Yeah, I'm old. The new guy (Marty already thinks a third guy they've hired will be his replacement). I met Marty once and he was cordial and friendly. It's just baseball many say, but Marty was the Reds and I'll miss him.
Thom finally lost me the day he decided to harp on a kid in the stands about not taking a bite of something. Once or twice was a weak attempt at being humorous or cute, but when he wouldn't stop and wouldn't move on it just became weird and annoying.Quote:
Originally Posted by Old NDN
Lol. This is hilarious.Quote:
Originally Posted by UPRedsFan
What a terrible day for you.
I don't live in the Reds' local TV market, and with three kids and all the activities they have, I don't really have time to watch baseball anyway. Radio is my primary means of consuming baseball. I used to listen to Reds baseball so much that I would sit in my car between classes in law school whenever they had afternoon Spring Training games on XM radio.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd Gack
Rather than purchase Extra Innings or whatever the streaming service is called, I'd rather spend my limited baseball funds taking my kids to Akron Rubber Ducks games.
For me it was him interviewing the bird. That was just awful.Quote:
Originally Posted by UPRedsFan
No one better than Marty especially with Nuxhall. Great announcer, but it seems to be time. Let's hope his last year is made memorable by the product on the field.
Nm
Some of the criticisms of his later work are fair. But when he’s on, he’s on. He might be more responsible for me being a Reds/baseball than any other human, living or dead.
This reminds me of when Cawood Ledford announced he was going to retire as the voice of the Kentucky Wildcats. I really can’t imagine replacing him. Someone will have to — and someone may do a very nice job over time — but it will never be the same.
So many memories come flooding back. I can put myself in very specific times and places remembering Marty calls.
I’m going to have to sync radio and TV more than ever this year. Hopefully the Reds can give him a fun season to ride off into the sunset.
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My man.Quote:
Originally Posted by BluegrassRedleg
I grew up with Cawood too and then grinned and beared it during the Ralph Hacker years. But Tom Leach is ridiculously good, and I have hope the same thing will happen in Cincinnati.
I wish you wouldn't mention Ralph Hacker. If it weren't for him, we would have had Marty doing Reds and Cats games all these years.
EDIT: For those of you who don't know ancient history, UK hired Marty to do the limited schedule of games on their basketball tv network for a year after Ledford retired from radio.
Marty did quite a bit of basketball on the radio then, and he was excellent. IMO, better than he was doing baseball.
I don't know if he would have been content doing just the tv basketball games, or if he had ideas of taking over on radio as well. Regardless, Hacker had enough political pull to make sure Marty didn't get either job going forward.
What resulted was my favorite Marty quote and one of my favorite quotes of all-time: "Ralph Hacker my (butt). On his best day and my worst day, I'm a better announcer than he is. And he knows it."
Derrp. Derrp. Derrp
Marty did the UK Network TV games for two seasons, the 1987-88 and the 1988-89 season. Larry Conley was his analyst one season and Jack Givens the other. I had always heard that Marty, being his abrasive self, rubbed a lot of people the wrong way with UK athletics and they decided to step away from him. I'm sure he and Hacker probably never got along with each other. Hacker had a big ego too. I really couldn't see Marty ever doing UK games exclusively after Cawoods retirement. That would have meant walking away from baseball and most of these announcers once they get a full time PBP job never leave it.
Another side note was the season before Marty on UKTV was Milo Hamilton. Another baseball HOF announcer. He only did games for one season 1986-87 season.
Oh yea forgot about that one. That was bad tooQuote:
Originally Posted by WrongVerb