great baseball fans. But the ones who act like idiots (ruin) it for people like me." On February 5, 2010, Brennaman was chastised for commenting that Marshall University's president must be "queer" for softball at the university's baseball banquet and fundraiser. Brennaman stated, "I probably could have made a better choice of words, but in no way does that reflect my opinion about gays at all. It's just a comment I made about the president of the university." Personal life Brennaman has three children. His son, Thom, and daughter, Dawn, are children from his first marriage. He also has a daughter, Ashley, from his second marriage. He has five grandchildren. He is married to Amanda Ingram. Thom, also a broadcaster, worked with the Reds, the Chicago Cubs, Arizona Diamondbacks, and was the number two baseball play-by-play man (behind Joe Buck) on Fox Sports' Major League Baseball broadcasts. On October 4, 2006, the Cincinnati Reds re-hired Thom to join his father in the radio booth as well as do play-by-play on television starting with the 2007 season.. After years of making good-natured fun of his longtime broadcast partner, the late Joe Nuxhall, for playing golf, Brennaman is now an avid golfer himself and speaks of the sport often during his broadcasts. The Marty Brennaman Golf Classic takes place annually at Belterra Casino. References External links Marty Brennaman Calls Hank Aaron's 714th Home Run Bibliography Marty Brennaman Ford C. Frick Award biography at the National Baseball Hall of Fame 1942 births Living people American Basketball Association announcers American radio sports announcers Cincinnati Reds announcers College basketball announcers in the United States College football announcers Ford C. Frick Award recipients Indiana Pacers announcers Journalists from Virginia Major League Baseball broadcasters Minor League Baseball broadcasters National Basketball Association broadcasters People from Portsmouth, Virginia Radio personalities from Cincinnati Randolph–Macon College alumni UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media alumni Virginia Squires Virginia Tech Hokies football announcers Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball announcers Woodrow Wilson High School (Portsmouth, Virginia) alumni