Marty’s called 45 straight seasons for the MLB Reds, and WVXU’s John Kiesewetter says “if Brennaman, 76, chooses to retire, he won’t announce it until after the season ends.” And Marty sends this text to Kiesewetter – “No decision yet. Haven’t made up my mind.” But when that day comes, he doesn’t want an extended farewell, a la Vin Scully leaving the L.A. Dodgers. Three years ago, Brennaman told Kiesewetter that “I don’t need a ‘night’…I’m just not interested in all that stuff.” The Reds have been Brennaman’s first and only MLB team, amazingly enough. He’d been toiling in the minor leagues with the Tidewater Tides (a Mets farm team) and the ABA pro basketball Virginia Squires before the call-up. And what an era Brennaman had to work with in his first years behind the mic – the fabled “Big Red Machine.”
His son is Thom Brennaman, who was once a Cubs announcer, and who cannot correctly spell Tom.
