Marty Brennaman’s long, wonderful career as the voice of the Cincinnati Reds came to an end on Thursday afternoon as the Reds lost to the Milwaukee Brewers in their final home game of the year. As Brennaman was signing off he said “I just hope that the people now going forward will accept Tommy Thrall as well as they accepted me 46 years ago.” And with that the secret was out that Thrall would be taking over in 2020 and join Jeff Brantley in the radio booth.
Thrall is in his first full year with the Reds. From 2012-2018 he was the play-by-play voice for the Double-A Pensacola Blue Wahoos.