But before he did, he made a doomed attempt to restore his reputation and rescue his career. His comment made the rounds on social media, and by the middle of the second game, the pressure and scrutiny had intensified to the point that Brennaman was forced to sign off. About two hours earlier, in the seventh inning of the first game, the 56-year-old Brennaman had casually uttered a homophobic slur on a hot mic, not knowing that the broadcast was back from commercial. Frick Award–winner Marty-geared up for his own delivery in the broadcast booth back at Great American Ball Park. As Castellanos looked back at Navas to lodge a complaint, Fox Sports Ohio’s veteran Reds broadcaster Thom Brennaman-son of Cincinnati institution and Ford C.