Marty and Thom; Father and Son!

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http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070302/SPT05/703020336/1027

Finally, this day came!! The Brennamans for Cincinnati Reds!! Marty and Thom, Father and Son.

For people in Taiwan, it maybe mean nothing for you unless you are the subscriber of MLB radio, you won't know how great they are. Furthermore, if you don't live here, you won't know how friendly they are. Last year, I was in RedsFest, I felt it. Marty used his smile and his spectacular voice to welcome every fan asking a photograph and autograph. I was touched. Therefore, I had goose bump when I heard their first broadcast as Cincinnati broadcast duo. It was a great history moment for Cincinnati Reds.


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"Game One for the Reds, Game One for the Pirates and Game One for this broadcasting crew," the elder Brennaman said after giving the starting lineups.

"I will ask you fans if I can be a bit sentimental," Marty said, recalling the day when Thom was born in a Chapel Hill, N.C., hospital while Marty was a student at the University of North Carolina. Now, he said, "we fast-forward 43 years ... and I am just a little bit choked up about it."

His son was there for the helper.
"Need a breather there, old-timer?" Thom said.

From there, Thom re-introduced himself to his hometown.

Then the 43-year old Thom answered the most common question he'd been asked since he was announced as the newest member of the Reds' broadcast team in October: He would call his father "Dad" on the air.

"Do you call your dad 'fill-in-the-blank' - by his first name?" Thom asked the listeners.
"So it's 'Dad.'"("Anything else would sound phony," Marty said earlier in the day when asked about the issue.)
With the formalities out of the way, they were off and it was just another game.
"It went far better than I could have ever dreamed it would," Marty said following the game.