Thom Brennaman, welcome to the unemployment line

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Thank you, I thought he did.

I listened to a lot of Marty and Joe Nuxhall over the years, and they were no shrinking violets when it came to giving their opinions on anything and everything.

Nuxhall was particularly salty.

Hot mic is no excuse. At least be professional about that.

 

Best I heard was in the old NASL, the L.A. Aztecs playing New England, I think it was, at El Camino College. George Best was on that team with Ron Davies, Bobby Sibbald and Bobby McAlinden. Mid second half, the Aztecs score to take an 8-0 lead. Booming through the stadium: "THESE ASSHOLES ARE FUCKING AWFUL."

 

Will this work?

'I am truly and deeply sorry': Brennaman apologizes for use of slur in letter to LGBTQ community, fans

 

Better, but he's probably still done for the season.

 

I'm not sure "I didn't know that word was bad!" is the defense I would go with.

 

Apparently. The local media are giving him a forum for a second shot at a mea culpa. He'll be back. He'll leverage Trumpist claims of Cancel Culture into yet another chance. When you're the son of a local legend who has been on the air a while in your own right and you say something homophobic in a Trumpist town that embraced Marge Schott, you get as many chances as you need. The Reds will think they've done enough by issuing a tough statement and sidelining him for six more weeks in a meaningless season.

 

Could you even imagine?

 

How or why did Brennaman take that conversation there in the booth anyway?

 

This is a tremendous column
COLUMN: This is not a time to be quiet. Thom Brennaman, help me understand.

 

The radio men of my youth would say shit on the air that would never fly today.
And it's hard to find audio because largely sports radio of the distant past is a hard thing to find.
Remember the creepo 1982-style camera shots of the attractive female fan sitting in the mezzanine - the camera shots that linger a little too long?
You have to laugh even thinking that would be attempted now.

 

I've been on the headset listening to talk between the truck and the camera operators at games -- much later than 1982 -- and it was still pretty bad.