There are only a handful of play by play voices that rise to the very top of their profession; Vin Scully, Jack Buck, Joe Buck, Marty Brennaman, Jon Miller, Vern Lundquist, Pat Summerall, and Jim Nantz. Our guest on this week’s episode of The Approach Shot is in that group; Thom Brennman.
From broadcasting Cubs games opposite Harry Carey to NFL Games for Fox while always remembering his roots in Cincinnati, Brennaman is (simply put) one of the All-Time greats.
In August of 2020, Brennaman was fired from Fox when we was caught on a hot mic making an unfortunate anti-gay slur (which we do not condone) and immediately apologized, and has spent time since the incident consistently apologizing and insisting “that’s not who he is”, which many folks, including those in the LGBTQ+ community agree with.
We spend much of this episode celebrating his great career, and while we don’t usually get into the controversial, Thom spends time discussing the incident, as well.
It’s a very rewarding and intriguing episode of The Approach Shot.