Brennaman and Nuxhall became an endearing broadcast duo for 31 years from 1974-2004. And he says Thursday's final broadcast won't be any different than the rest of his career.

"Marty and Joe" became an institution in the city, appearing together in numerous radio and television commercials.


The National Baseball Hall of Fame gives the annual award to a broadcaster "for major contributions to the game of baseball."

"That's one of the toughest days of my life. Nuxhall died four years later. It's unbelievable." It was spring training 1974, and Kim Nuxhall, Joe Nuxhall’s youngest son, wanted to meet Marty Brennaman, the newest play-by-play voice of the Cincinnati Reds.So Kim Nuxhall, 20 at the time, sat in the broadcast booth at Al Lopez Field in Tampa, just a few feet from his dad and his dad’s radio partner, who was replacing Al Michaels.Brennaman had a youthful, booming voice, and what he said that first day still makes Nuxhall laugh today.The engineer, shocked by the mistake, took off his headset and looked at Brennaman in disbelief.

But in 2009, the Following his appearance with the Reds, he was assigned to the At the age of 23, Nuxhall returned to the majors. Nuxhall died four years later.And today, in an afternoon game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Great American Ball Park, Brennaman will make his final appearance behind a microphone. There won’t be any ‘Marty and Joe’ combinations for a long time.”Nuxhall said Brennaman and his father made the perfect radio team. "I still maintain we were right", Brennaman said. I'm not afraid to say what I think. He loved listening to the stories they shared in between innings, in the hotel lounge after the games and while playing golf with them on the road.“As a kid, holy cow, it was the best of both worlds,” Nuxhall said. They talked baseball, but also discussed everyday life like their gardens to their golf games., topics that resonated with listeners.“It was a marriage,” Nuxhall said. Among all baseball fans, and I can't attest to the Yankees or Red Sox, because we don't see them with any degree of regularity unless it's inter-league play, but far and away the most obnoxious fans in baseball, in this league, are those who follow this team right here. it is interesting to reflect on Marty’s career. They'd talk about the Big Red Machine's exploits and compare notes on garden tomatoes. Brennaman would end each win by declaring that "this one belongs to the Reds. Brennaman joined Joe Nuxhall on the Reds radio team in 1974. Players wore an alternate jersey during their introductions, which bore the number 41 and Nuxhall's name on the back. > In December 2003, before his final full season in the > broadcast booth, and again in December 2006, Nuxhall > was placed on the ballot for the Ford C. Frick Award. I don't think we did then and I don't think we did now. He had six putouts, 20 assists, three errors, and one double play for a .897 fielding percentage. “I’m happy for him.”Marty Brennaman gets emotional discussing Reds' farewell plansJoe Nuxhall and Marty Brennaman at Riverfront Stadium with Great American Ballpark being build in background.

Joseph Henry Nuxhall was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, primarily for the Cincinnati Reds. His career started with a chance to call baseball history. "I'll never apologize for that.

> The National Baseball Hall of Fame gives the annual award > to a broadcaster "for major contributions to the game of > baseball." He broadcast his final game on September 26, 2019.

I wake up at night, at 4 o'clock in the morning, and I stare off into the darkness and think about what I'm doing.
Fans referred to them simply as Marty and Joe. RedNat 09/26/2019 . All right," he said, with a deep sigh.

When Nuxhall moved to part-time after the 2003 season, the final moments of their final broadcast brought tears in the booth and to fans listening throughout Reds country.

He talked about retirement with Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully, who explained that he felt it was time to step away after 67 years in the booth.Brennaman came to the same conclusion about himself in the last few months.He had maintained that whenever he decided to leave, he would simply retire after a season in order to avoid a farewell tour. A baseball marriage and the personal marriage.”Kim Nuxhall said he will always cherish those moments he spent with his dad and Brennaman.