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It will be interesting who they will follow him up with, whoever it is it's gonna be a tough row to hoe
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Mark Sheldon
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3m3 minutes ago
Big news: Marty Brennaman has announced that 2019 will be his final season calling #reds games. He has been calling games for the club since 1974 and is Frick Award winner at the HOF.
This is good and bad. Good because it seems Marty has been going through the motions for sometime now.
Bad because he really is one of the best in his business that there’s ever been, and yet another part of my childhood is now swept away.
I have not watched or listened to many Reds games in recent years, but Marty will always be the voice of the Reds to me.
I would approve of this if he took his son with him.
Corrected for accuracy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tracy Jones
Yeah. You never want to be the guy that follows a legend. And love him or hate him, Marty has attained legendary status with many Reds fans.Quote:
Originally Posted by westofyou
I hope Thom goes to Radio and Jim Day gets the full tv gig.
Marty wants to spend more time with Amanda for sure.
Marty swore he did not want a retirement tour... I guess that changed.
Meh.
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Originally Posted by PuffyPig
Nah. Marty at one time was excellent. Give the guy his due.
I hope Thom goes to NFL and leaves the RedsQuote:
Originally Posted by sdwagers
Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tracy Jones
It’s time, Marty was great and still has moments but it’s time. Let pray Thom isn’t the replacement.
He’s excellent at calling games. It’s the between stuff that’s tiresome. And there’s a lot of between stuff. I like the way Sheldon referred to the Ford Frick Award.
Nope. Prepare yourself for decades of Thom calling Reds games. He’s the new “voice of the Reds.”Quote:
Originally Posted by westofyou
Draino for us to gargle is on the left.
Wow. I thought he'd be carried out of the booth. His shadow will linger for a long time over any play-by-play who comes after.
I saw Sam LeCure yesterday discussing doing about 75 games this year as color analyst. Maybe this is related to that.
Also, I really hope Thom leaves. He's all shtick and no personality.
Isn't Dan Hoard's "Dream Job" to do MLB play-by-play? I'd be cool with him. I'd be cool with a lot of guys not named (or spelled) Thom.
To be fair, it appears as though the Reds persuaded him to do it. I imagine they like the PR for his farewell tour even if he wouldn't have wanted it himself.Quote:
Originally Posted by sdwagers
I also expect Marty will assume "announcer emeritus" status by showing up a few times a year for home games and calling an inning or two.
Now he can run for president in 2020 with all of the other 80 year old's who don't know what to do in their retirement.
In all honesty, outside of the 2000 team, and a 4 year run earlier this decade, who much has there been worthwhile to discuss about the reds over the last 20 years? Its the between stuff that helps fill the gaps of the far too often underwhelming seasons. I mean he could have discussed the trials and tribuations of Danny Sarafini.... or discuss something else. His issues with the "something else" came about when Joe stepped away. Joe had that "good ol' boy, homegrown, ah shucks" appeal to him that complimented Marty's side discussions so well.
Anyhoo.... Happy Trails to you Marty, you've been the voice of the Redlegs before I was born, its going to be different not hearing you on those stale summer nights down the road. Better or worse, who knows, but definitely different..and missed. 45 years is a long road to hoe.
This is another passage of time for me. Really, a sad day. I remember when he started calling the games for the Reds back in 1974. He took over for Al Michaels who went to do the San Francisco Giant games. He is a voice of my childhood all the way into my later stages of middle age. He always had a good call of the game. You knew what was happening and how the game was going. His call of the final out of a Reds ,"This one belongs to the Reds", will go down as his signature statement. I haven't listened to him as much in his latter years but I think he got bored, somewhat, of the game. I'm sure the massive losing the Reds have done since the early 2000's,excepting a few season in the early 2010's, played a big part in that. He was spoiled from the winning at the start of his time here in the 70's and the Reds were basically pretty good most of the 80's and 90's with the exception of 1982 and 83. But he can still be really good at times, especially when the Reds are going well. No one can replace him but someone will have to. My guess is Thommy will take over. Most sportscasters want a full time job as a baseball PBP announcer. I'm sure he will take it and we will see what happens.
Love him or hate him (or both), the guy has presided over a huge chunk of Cincinnati Reds history. His voice will forever be tied to that era for me. Just like Al Michaels and Ed Kennedy and Frank McCormick and Waite Hoyt before him.
Best of luck Marty.
He was good at his job back in the day (but Nuxhall was always the attraction for me). It's good for the franchise that he's leaving. Nice opportunity for the Reds to continue with the updating...
You’re right. I try to remember that Marty’s seen a lot of bad baseball. He was once the young man with the stats and Joe was the old player with the stories, and with Joe gone, Marty was the old guy with the stories, but he didn’t really have that kind of stories.Quote:
Originally Posted by medford
Some may slay me for this, but I wonder if they'll groom Jim Day for the role.
Last game is on the road in Pittsburgh, would have been cool to hear him call his final out through the PA system at home.
He still could, ya pessimist.Quote:
Originally Posted by huber14
The same Jim Day who tweeted at Untucked shirts his disappointment in their services yesterday?Quote:
Originally Posted by SidneySlicker
Pass
My guess is that whenever the Reds last home game is that will be his finale.Quote:
Originally Posted by huber14
Definitely the end of an era; Marty has been a part of my life from childhood and now into my 40s. Nobody called an exciting game better. I will miss hearing him on the radio.
I feel like I just received a sign from above. I've recently been putting off some "adult" things I should be doing in my mid-30s (update my life insurance policy, shop for a minivan, cut back on the booze & pizza, etc) telling myself, "I'm still a kid at heart, I've got plenty time" and now the only voice of the Reds I've ever known is moving on. So many childhood memories.. It's time to grow up.
But hey, I've got until the end of the season at least right? :beerme:
Cut back on booze and pizza?
Good god man get a hold of yourself
Back in 1974 I wasn't quite 11 years old and I was still living in the mountains of Kentucky. News didn't travel there very fast back then. So I didn't know Al Michaels had left until the spring training games had started. In fact the first game I was listening to I thought it was Michaels. They had similar radio voices. It wasn't into the game at some point that this was a new and unheard of guy named Marty Brennaman who was now doing the games.Quote:
Originally Posted by westofyou
Just as an aside, if not for the tragic death of Claude Sullivan in 1967 Marty may never had been the Reds announcer. Sullivan was the Reds PBP announcer from 1964-67. He died in December of 1967 as the result of throat cancer at age 42. If not for that he may well have been the Reds announcer well into the 80's and 90's.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Sullivan
former voice of the AAA Paw Sox. You have to think he's in the mix.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd Gack
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I love Jim Day. He has a sense humor and is relatable. He's a perfect fit for the Reds.Quote:
Originally Posted by westofyou
Marty and Joe forever.
Here's how long Marty has been broadcasting: I was a 19 year old college student during his first season. I'm now a 64 year old grandfather.Quote:
Originally Posted by medford
[correcting word since Chip caught my error - I love being a grandpa]