I don't know what management was thinking.

It was bad enough to have Marty and Marty (Steve Stewart trying to
sound like marty)...now we get Marty and Marty2. Why does that seem
like such a good thing?

Did anyone else here ever do their best work while working with your
dad? I sure didn't, and couldn't wait to get it over with. Now
everything will be a private joke, with the fans left out of the
equation.

yuk....


Its bad enough that we have to rerun the same opening day game every
year (cubs vs reds).....

Now this???

"brian" <mjb.001@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Marty will spend half his time during the game talking about the good ole
days and people no one cares about. I think I'm going to puke.

jd wrote:

Gets the season off to a good start. The Reds should go 3-0 out of the
gate.

Right now I think it's a good move. I think Thom does a good job
calling the game. I think this clearly put him in line to succeed his
Pop and the thought of another Brennamen calling the games for the next
30 years isn't unappealing.

But I'm notoriously soft on my judgement of announcers. I just don't
see it as a big deal and I'm not sure why it gets other people into a
tizzy.

It will be interesting to see how this affects Marty's off-topic
musings. Will he tone down the nonsense and keep it a little more
professional and focused with his son watching his every move? Maybe. I
think it would be a big improvment if he'd just stop it with the emails.

I honestly don't see any benefit here for the fans.

Is it possibly just to get the Reds more noticeable at a national
level? Does that benefit the fans in any way whatsoever? Are the reds
going to be sold soon?

This reminds me of the Griffey trade.....awwww how nice that he gets to
come home.

Who cares?........



jd wrote:

brian wrote:

You forgot the part that he was also considered the best player in the
game when he was acquired. The Griffey deal was a good one, regardless
of the 'homecoming' aspect.


You've written three posts on this topic in less than an hour. Pretty
strange thing to do if you really don't care.

you mean 4 posts



tom dunne wrote:

"brian" <mjb.001@gmail.com> wrote in message
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How in the hell did you deduce that?


When it was done, it looked like the best swipe since Babe Ruth.


I think it's an excellent move!

On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 13:59:29 -0400, "Bob Braun"
<oxsports@hotandsunnymail.com> wrote:


Even if it *was* done just to get the Reds more notice at the national
level, that's fine too - it will make coming to Cinci that much more
inviting to potential free agent acquisitions if they know that some
of the national spotlight will be focused on the Reds and not on the
Yankees, Mets, and Red Sox.

And yes, that does benefit the fans, provided of course that said free
agents make the Reds a better team.


Yep. The guy who was considered the player with the best chance to
break Ruth's record, basically for Mike Cameron who we weren't going
to use anyway.


Which move do you mean here, the Griffey trade, or Thom rejoining
(yeah,I said rejoining...after Thom graduated from Ohio U he did
play-by-play for the Reds with his dad back in the late 1980's before
he defected to the Cubs and, later, the D-Backs) his dad in the booth?

My guess is you're gonna say "both" - and I agree.

People can scream nepotism all they want. Thom is an accomplished
broadcaster in his own right. If it had been Joe and Jack Buck or Skip
and Harry Caray I'll bet the subject wouldn't even have been raised.

John D, Kasupski, Tonawanda, NY
Reds Fan Since The 1960's
http://kc2hmz.net

Both. Although the Griffey trade hasn't worked out, At the time, it was a
great deal.

On 4 Oct 2006 10:25:41 -0700, "brian" <mjb.001@gmail.com> wrote:


The blurb I saw said that Thom would do "television and selected radio
games."

Is Grande out? That *would* be good fir the fans!

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