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[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Thom Brennaman -- local TV Reds announcer and Fox game-of-the-week caller got hot-mic'ed during last night's game using the F-word.



Not that f-word, but "fag." But, it was way worse than just that. There was dripping contempt in his voice as he expressed it.



Came back after and excused himself from the broadcast (as a home run was hit, remarkably), apologizing but you could tell he knew there was no "not guilty" plea available to him.



He's been invited to speak at the Republican Convention so not all is lost

[Fman99]

Referred to Kansas City as "one of the fag capitals of the world." Which I had not known. Always learning new things from my hateful friends at Fox!

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I'm thinking it was New York since he was calling Matt Harvey Night. But whatever.



Brennaman in the games I've heard seems okay. The Reds fans who hear him everyday find him pompous but popular, like Joe Buck also a Fox star and son of a broadcast legend.

[kcmets]

Maybe I'm wrong, but I find it pleasantly amusing when another self-important

windbag publically shits the bed and has to take the sheets out to the dumpster

and throw them away along with his career. Buh-bye, Brenny...

[MFS62]

It takes a certain kind of person to work for FOX.

And they prove it each and every day.

Later

[Centerfield]

I'm sorry that we came back from commercial early and a hot mic caught me being myself.

[Chad ochoseis]

Referred to Kansas City as "one of the fag capitals of the world." Which I had not known. Always learning new things from my hateful friends at Fox!

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[A Boy Named Seo]

I love how 10 minutes later Thom was a different person when begging for his job. Get that shitbag outta there.

[Benjamin Grimm]

[Benjamin Grimm]

He's 56 years old (as I was until a few months ago) and is in his 14th season as a Reds announcer.

[Frayed Knot]

=MFS62 post_id=44291 time=1597928850 user_id=60]
It takes a certain kind of person to work for FOX.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Frayed Knot wrote: =MFS62 post_id=44291 time=1597928850 user_id=60] It takes a certain kind of person to work for FOX.

But more importantly, the VERY FIRST THING they teach you in broadcast elementary school is to treat EVERY mic as if it's a HOT mic. You wouldn't

figure a second generation broadcaster would get tripped up on that but I guess complacency sets in eventually.

[kcmets]

Yeah, I mean whoever he was talking to is likely just as bad and probably

should just go slither away as well.

Edited August 20, 2020 by Guest

[A Boy Named Seo]

It's probable anyway. I didn't hear cackling like Billy Bush from the other person, but Thom seemed to know he could say that in front of whoever he was in front of without any consequences.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I think he was talking to someone through his headset, which would explain why we only hear one end of the conversation.

[Frayed Knot]

So when are we going to get to find out what 'Fag Capital' he's talking about?

I mean, some people might want to make plans, either towards or away from, said city based on Brennermann's recommendations.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'm going to guess New York, Miami, or San Francisco.

[Frayed Knot]

I dunno, the stories I've heard about Altoona ...

[kcmets]

When contacted, Provincetown and Key West, both declined to comment.

[ashie62]

I had to laugh when I heard it.

[G-Fafif]

Coulda been Raleigh if he claims he was talking about cigarettes with a British acquaintance.

[ashie62]

Kansas City "they got crazy little women and I tell you that I want me one."

[whippoorwill]

Frayed Knot wrote: I dunno, the stories I've heard about Altoona ...

Altoona! That's where the shoe-stealing cat is from!

[Edgy MD]

A notable part for me is that it was during the pre-game show.



I've heard enough radio broadcasters hit the autopilot by the sixth inning, well into beer three or four, but shit-talking like your Uncle Todd before the first pitch is hardcore.

[MFS62]

Here's a terrible trio for ya'.

And they're not all on FOX news.

https://deadspin.com/it-s-been-a-bad-day-for-curt-schilling-and-it-s-not-eve-1844789032https://deadspin.com/it-s-been-a-bad-day-for-curt-schilling-and-it-s-not-eve-1844789032



Later

[LWFS]

Nobody mentioned his apology?



Oh, it was https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2020/8/19/21376724/thom-brennaman-slur-home-run-call-apologya "good" one.

[bLOCKQUOTE]As Brennaman started apologizing later in the game, Reds outfielder Nick Castellanos hit a home run that Brennaman called before going back into his apology.[/bLOCKQUOTE]

[Lefty Specialist]

You know, he wasn't specific, was he referring to Kansas City, KS or Kansas City, MO? 80% of the city is on the Missouri side but maybe things are a little crazier in Kansas.



Y'know, asking for a friend.

[Frayed Knot]

Lots of tributes to Kobe Bryant today on what would have been his birthday with probably no mentions of his in-game/on-court gay slur towards a ref near the tail-end of his career.

Outrage in these sorts of cases can be ... let's say selective.

[ashie62]

The larger than life types get away with alot

[Edgy MD]

Well, dead guys do, too.



For my money, Brenneman deserves a suspension, but not the end of the road.