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We are live the bet MGM sportsbook 0:01:20.640 --> 0:01:24.000 inside Tom's Watch Bar at the banks and Jimmy, We've 0:01:24.040 --> 0:01:27.360 got a big show for you tonight with jim Day. 0:01:27.400 --> 0:01:30.280 I'm Tommy throw the Reds news to talk about there. Yeah, 0:01:30.400 --> 0:01:33.640 there are some rumors abound already, and reports are that 0:01:33.720 --> 0:01:36.640 the Reds have added a left handed reliever to their 0:01:36.680 --> 0:01:38.160 bullpen for this upcoming season. 0:01:38.200 --> 0:01:41.880 Yeah, the reports are true and the physicals passed, et cetera. 0:01:43.280 --> 0:01:46.240 Ken Roses, oh I think was reporting first that red 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:49.840 to signed left handed reliever Caleb Ferguson, twenty nine years 0:01:49.880 --> 0:01:54.200 of age, Ohio product. He's up there from God's Country, Columbus. 0:01:54.360 --> 0:01:56.000 Thank you very much. Uh. 0:01:56.600 --> 0:02:00.880 Throughout the season, the Reds needed someone out of the 0:02:00.880 --> 0:02:04.160 bullpen to face left handed batters for most of the season. 0:02:04.240 --> 0:02:07.440 Their best option was a right handed pitcher in Graham Ashcraft. 0:02:07.480 --> 0:02:10.400 So this fits the bill. Last year, I it was 0:02:11.240 --> 0:02:15.639 one eight four average against him versus left handed batters, 0:02:15.680 --> 0:02:18.799 gave up only two home runs the entire season. Kind 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:21.000 of changed his pitch repertoire a little bit. So I'm 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:22.480 not sure you can judge him over the whole career. 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:25.040 Off judge him on last year, which was really really good. 0:02:25.320 --> 0:02:29.200 Er in the threes. He will help, no doubt about it. 0:02:29.240 --> 0:02:31.560 I mean like you said, if you look at one 0:02:31.680 --> 0:02:34.960 thing that the bullpen really needed last year, they never 0:02:35.160 --> 0:02:38.760 did quite have a reliable level in high leverage. Yeah, yeah, 0:02:38.840 --> 0:02:42.440 no doubt so. Caleb ferguson seventy games last year between 0:02:42.440 --> 0:02:45.800 Pittsburgh and Seattle as Jim andntioned Era right in the threes. 0:02:46.800 --> 0:02:49.919 So those reports just coming out what about an hour 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:53.680 hour and a half ago, so still fresh, but still 0:02:53.720 --> 0:02:55.839 some things to button up to get that deal done 0:02:55.919 --> 0:02:59.079 and in writing. Hopefully later this week we'll have official 0:02:59.120 --> 0:03:02.040 word on that. The other exciting news this week that 0:03:02.200 --> 0:03:05.800 came out earlier today the Reds Hall of Fame induction 0:03:05.919 --> 0:03:09.600 class for twenty twenty six, and we've got the executive 0:03:09.639 --> 0:03:12.360 director of the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum, Rick Walls, 0:03:12.400 --> 0:03:14.360 with us to talk about it. We'll have Marty Brennaman 0:03:14.440 --> 0:03:18.280 on a little bit later on. Among those elected, Aaron 0:03:18.360 --> 0:03:21.240 Harang will also join us on the show today and 0:03:21.360 --> 0:03:24.520 Reggie Sanders elected as well. He will be on the 0:03:24.520 --> 0:03:27.239 show a little bit later on as well. Brandon Phillips, 0:03:27.240 --> 0:03:29.600 of course, headlines the list, a three time All Star, 0:03:29.800 --> 0:03:33.400 four gold gloves and a silver slugger to his credit, 0:03:33.600 --> 0:03:36.760 in addition to Harangue and Sanders. Lou Panella rounds out 0:03:36.800 --> 0:03:40.320 the list. Really, Jimmy, before we get to Rick, an 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:44.839 incredible induction class and what a class of twenty twenty six. 0:03:45.200 --> 0:03:47.400 I saw some people on Twitter saying this might be 0:03:47.480 --> 0:03:50.760 the most deserving class the Reds have had inducted into 0:03:50.800 --> 0:03:53.320 their Hall of Fame of the many, many classes that 0:03:53.360 --> 0:03:53.920 have gone in. 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:56.560 Well, I think the people had waited for Reggie Sanders 0:03:56.600 --> 0:04:00.320 for a while. Brandon Phillips was a lock, one of 0:04:00.320 --> 0:04:03.360 the fan favorites, one of the most dynamic players that 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:07.320 put on a Reds uniform ever. Aaron harang was an 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:10.280 opening day starter so many times and was super reliable 0:04:10.320 --> 0:04:12.600 on a point where the Reds didn't have a lot 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:13.520 of depth of pitching. 0:04:13.560 --> 0:04:17.080 He was premier guy. And then Sweet Lou. 0:04:17.160 --> 0:04:19.240 I mean when you cap it off with lou Panella, 0:04:19.279 --> 0:04:22.720 who was so he might be top five beloved figures 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:27.400 all time in Red's history. Definitely top ten. So what 0:04:27.520 --> 0:04:29.160 a class which is say it's something for a guy 0:04:29.160 --> 0:04:33.279 that made it's just the way he did it that, Yeah. 0:04:33.120 --> 0:04:35.400 No doubt about it. Let's bring in Rick Wallas. Rick, 0:04:35.720 --> 0:04:39.520 congratulations on the news today. Obviously exciting stuff. Your reaction. 0:04:39.640 --> 0:04:41.240 I mean, you have a pretty good feel for this 0:04:41.279 --> 0:04:43.000 stuff by this point, you've been at it for a 0:04:43.040 --> 0:04:45.279 long time. I'm sure you had a good idea who 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:47.440 was going to make it. But now that it's official, 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:48.080 your reaction. 0:04:48.320 --> 0:04:50.240 You know it's one of the strongest classes we've had. 0:04:50.279 --> 0:04:51.960 I've heard a lot of people tell me the same thing. 0:04:52.120 --> 0:04:55.080 And when the Veterans Committee met and added and we 0:04:55.160 --> 0:04:57.679 knew the results of the modern player ballot. So remember 0:04:57.680 --> 0:05:00.279 there's the two components, right, the modern player ballot, players 0:05:00.320 --> 0:05:02.679 that played within the last fifteen years. That's where Brandon 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:06.680 and Aaron came through. The Veterans Committee met, They sat down, 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:09.040 deliberated for about two and a half hours, went over 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:12.000 all the candidates in detail, and that's where you find 0:05:12.040 --> 0:05:14.640 Loop Penell and Reggie Sanders rising to the level. When 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:16.080 I knew that we were going to have the four, 0:05:16.520 --> 0:05:18.240 I knew we had a stellar class. 0:05:17.920 --> 0:05:20.320 No doubt. Well talk about Loop Penello for a second. 0:05:20.640 --> 0:05:22.880 We'll talk about no doubt with Marty a little bit 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:26.440 later on. You talk about a guy getting his due. Boy, 0:05:27.720 --> 0:05:30.480 very very deserving of this honor. Of course, with the 0:05:30.600 --> 0:05:33.080 ninety Wired to Wire team, not a bad way to 0:05:33.120 --> 0:05:34.760 start your managerial career. 0:05:34.520 --> 0:05:36.120 With a team not at all and talking to him, 0:05:36.120 --> 0:05:37.640 you know, he says, I took over a good team 0:05:37.680 --> 0:05:40.280 and Pete Rose's team, and then I added some components, 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:42.720 and then I helped them gel together, and then we 0:05:42.760 --> 0:05:44.680 just went wired to wire, you know, the first team 0:05:44.680 --> 0:05:46.720 in nationally to do that. And I think you look 0:05:46.720 --> 0:05:48.680 at that team, and you look at those players, you 0:05:48.720 --> 0:05:50.440 talk to them, and they've been back many times. Right, 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:53.280 this is the thirty fifth anniversary of that team, and 0:05:53.640 --> 0:05:57.560 they talk always at nauseum about Loup Panell and what 0:05:57.640 --> 0:05:59.719 he meant to that club where it's a nasty boys, 0:06:00.279 --> 0:06:03.320 and Davis Hatcher, O'Neil, all these guys say, you know, 0:06:04.680 --> 0:06:06.520 Lou was the guy that held us together. So I 0:06:06.560 --> 0:06:09.559 expect a big turnout when come April, when Lou comes 0:06:09.560 --> 0:06:10.240 back into town. 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:14.279 And you said April, normally it's mid summer, so we've 0:06:14.400 --> 0:06:16.919 moved that up a bit so we don't have to 0:06:17.040 --> 0:06:20.640 sweat it out there in the scorching heat. I think 0:06:20.880 --> 0:06:23.559 April there's always a lot of interest in the team 0:06:23.920 --> 0:06:24.520 in April. 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:26.360 Can you speak to the moving that up. 0:06:26.440 --> 0:06:28.120 I think you know this had to do with the 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:30.680 red schedule. We always like to kind of work ourselves 0:06:30.680 --> 0:06:33.400 around the schedule so the current team can go to 0:06:33.480 --> 0:06:36.040 the induction Gala, which is the big event. It takes 0:06:36.080 --> 0:06:38.480 place at the Convention Center at the end of the weekend, 0:06:38.560 --> 0:06:40.960 so they will all attend. So what that means is 0:06:41.400 --> 0:06:44.960 probably all the players that are coming to be inducted 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:47.080 this year, at least in Brandon and Harangue, they've been 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:49.720 to the galla. They know how we treat history, they 0:06:49.760 --> 0:06:53.159 know how important this is to the organization, and in time, 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:55.800 you know, they'll figure out what it means to them 0:06:55.839 --> 0:06:57.440 even more and more. And I hear that from all 0:06:57.560 --> 0:07:01.320 the players that get inducted. So April, the convention centers available, 0:07:01.360 --> 0:07:03.920 the red schedules available, and we're hoping everybody's going to 0:07:03.960 --> 0:07:05.200 be there. It's going to be a big weekend. 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:08.120 The dates April twenty four through twenty six the whole 0:07:08.160 --> 0:07:11.800 weekend celebration of this induction class, the galley you're talking 0:07:11.800 --> 0:07:14.680 about the Convention Center will be on April twenty sixth. 0:07:14.760 --> 0:07:17.720 Exciting stuff, Brandon Phillips. You talk about a guy you're 0:07:17.760 --> 0:07:20.200 watching his career play out, and you just know as 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:22.440 you're watching him, this guy's going to be in the 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:25.960 team's Hall of Fame at some point, and no real 0:07:26.000 --> 0:07:31.000 surprise there, but going back watching the highlights, the enthusiasm 0:07:31.040 --> 0:07:33.840 that that guy played with pretty fun to be able 0:07:33.880 --> 0:07:35.520 to finally induct him into the Hall of Fame. 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:37.800 So many people just came to the ballpark to watch Brandon. 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:40.800 I mean, he was one of those electric players, defensive superstar, 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:43.760 best defensive player in the league for many years. It 0:07:43.880 --> 0:07:47.600 was just fun to watch. He brought enthusiasm. You never 0:07:47.680 --> 0:07:49.080 knew what he was going to do. Maybe it was 0:07:49.160 --> 0:07:51.360 behind the back to second sometimes you're like, wait a minute, 0:07:51.360 --> 0:07:53.480 don't do they just throw it straight? But he always 0:07:53.560 --> 0:07:55.880 came through and I know he's excited about this on 0:07:56.120 --> 0:07:57.720 or one of the cool things we got to do 0:07:57.840 --> 0:07:58.800 is make the phone calls. 0:07:58.920 --> 0:08:00.520 So that's where I was going to ask you about, 0:08:00.800 --> 0:08:02.520 where were the phone calls? Like, what's that like to 0:08:02.520 --> 0:08:05.040 tell a guy that one of their lifelong dreams has 0:08:05.080 --> 0:08:05.760 been achieved. 0:08:05.880 --> 0:08:07.560 This is one of. 0:08:07.520 --> 0:08:09.760 The perks of the job, right, So to be able 0:08:09.800 --> 0:08:13.040 to do this, and we know we're changing lives, not 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:15.840 just theirs, their family members, and from now on they'll 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:18.200 always be called Red's Hall of Famer. You can add 0:08:18.200 --> 0:08:20.600 that to their bio. So you go into each one 0:08:20.640 --> 0:08:23.600 of these calls and you're surprising them because they don't know. 0:08:23.760 --> 0:08:25.200 Sometimes you have to set up a go hey, can 0:08:25.280 --> 0:08:26.960 I call you, you know, and set up a call for 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:29.200 ten o'clock this time, and they're like, yeah, it might 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:31.320 be about this. In the case of Aaron Harang and 0:08:31.640 --> 0:08:34.120 I'm sure Aaron's listening right now, but we thought it 0:08:34.160 --> 0:08:35.839 might be about fantasy camp because he's going to be 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:38.439 a fancy camp rights this year. And start talking to 0:08:38.520 --> 0:08:40.600 him and we break the news and I think, you know, 0:08:40.600 --> 0:08:42.280 you have to ask him how he felt about the 0:08:42.320 --> 0:08:44.160 whole thing. And I think it's kind of a neat 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:47.320 private moment for them and their family to experience that. 0:08:47.440 --> 0:08:49.640 Some that I'm curious what it's like when they get 0:08:49.679 --> 0:08:51.360 off the phone and then they get to tell everybody 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:53.120 about it. I did tell them one of the hardest 0:08:53.120 --> 0:08:54.880 things to do is to keep it quiet. Can't you 0:08:54.880 --> 0:08:57.040 can't talk about it until Tuesday when we make the 0:08:57.080 --> 0:08:59.880 announcement And here we are, so they're excited to be 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:01.839 they finally tell everyone about it. 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:04.920 Very good again. Folks can get tickets to the gallat 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:06.439 if they want, right, I mean tickets. 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:09.360 The whole induction celebration. I'd be remiss if I didn't say, 0:09:09.400 --> 0:09:12.160 you know, our partners PNC is the presenting sponsor of that. 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:14.839 But you can get tickets right now, get them for 0:09:14.880 --> 0:09:16.600 the game that weekend on the twenty fifth, but also 0:09:16.760 --> 0:09:19.120 on the twenty six, that is the gala over the 0:09:19.120 --> 0:09:21.280 Convention that They are available at Redsmuseum dot org. 0:09:21.400 --> 0:09:25.400 So the actual ballpark ceremony is the twenty fifth, the 0:09:25.480 --> 0:09:27.760 gala at the Convention Center of the twenty six, tickets 0:09:27.800 --> 0:09:28.679 available for both. 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:30.880 Right, Yeah, they'll be as we always do. There will 0:09:30.880 --> 0:09:32.920 be meeting greets in the museum. We invite all the 0:09:32.960 --> 0:09:35.280 returning Hall of famers, all Hall of famers that come back. 0:09:35.320 --> 0:09:37.480 It's going to be a great celebration of Reds history. 0:09:37.559 --> 0:09:40.280 Rick certainly appreciate you coming on with us. Congratulations, a 0:09:40.360 --> 0:09:42.800 great class and I know you guys are excited to 0:09:42.880 --> 0:09:44.040 celebrate it coming up in April. 0:09:44.200 --> 0:09:45.240 Ar Thank you, guys, appreciate it. 0:09:45.240 --> 0:09:47.880 Thanks Rick. That is Rick Walls, the executive director of 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:50.160 the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum. We're back with 0:09:50.240 --> 0:09:52.640 Hall of Fame broadcaster and Red's Hall of Famer Marty 0:09:52.640 --> 0:09:56.160 Brenhaman Next this is the Budweiser Hot Stove League presented 0:09:56.280 --> 0:10:00.120 by udf Li from the MGM Sportsbook inside Tom's It's 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:05.880 Part the Banks on the Reds Radio Network. Welcome back 0:10:05.920 --> 0:10:08.679 in It's the Butdweiser Reds Hot Stove League presented by 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:11.800 you d Live the bedmg book inside Tom's watch bar 0:10:12.040 --> 0:10:16.040 at Banks talking about the Reds Hall of Fame induction 0:10:16.280 --> 0:10:21.360 class of twenty twenty six and nobody, nobody better to 0:10:21.400 --> 0:10:24.600 talk about this group than the Hall of Famer Reds 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:28.400 Hall of Fame broadcaster Baseball Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:32.160 Brenhaman joins us. Now, Marty, what's happening? How are you? Man? 0:10:33.559 --> 0:10:35.640 If I was any better, boys, I'd be. 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:37.840 Twin wins there it is. 0:10:37.880 --> 0:10:39.000 That's all I can tell you. 0:10:39.280 --> 0:10:41.880 Good are you? Are you state side right now braving 0:10:41.920 --> 0:10:43.760 the cold with the rest of us? Are you somewhere 0:10:43.840 --> 0:10:46.840 tropical or No? 0:10:47.120 --> 0:10:52.360 I'm right out here in Anderson Township. I'm in the country. 0:10:52.520 --> 0:10:55.200 It's only temporary, understand, but I'm in the country and 0:10:55.600 --> 0:10:57.839 I'm thrilled to death to be on with you and 0:10:58.440 --> 0:10:59.080 Jim tonight. 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:01.640 Well, welcome back to the Hot Stove, the show that 0:11:01.720 --> 0:11:05.440 you made famous much more famous than it is right now, 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:08.400 no doubt. Maybe we should have a caller call in 0:11:08.440 --> 0:11:10.920 and ask if you remember seeing them at a Kroger 0:11:11.200 --> 0:11:12.080 twenty years ago. 0:11:12.600 --> 0:11:14.080 Just a really of old times. 0:11:14.360 --> 0:11:18.079 Anyways, this class, when you first heard, I mean, this 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:21.280 is a good class, When you first heard the members 0:11:21.280 --> 0:11:23.280 that were in this class, what was your reaction? 0:11:25.160 --> 0:11:28.600 Well, i knew them all beforehand, Tommy, because I'm on 0:11:28.600 --> 0:11:31.960 the Veterans Committee, and I know Rick talked about that 0:11:32.040 --> 0:11:34.160 a minute ago. We spent two and a half hours 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:38.040 going over the complete list of those who were eligible 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:40.920 to be considered, and you know, at the end of 0:11:40.960 --> 0:11:46.600 the night we settled on Reggie Sanders and Luke Panella, 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:52.480 Brandon and I knew about it's and Aaron Harrang also, 0:11:52.760 --> 0:11:55.800 I think, echoing the sentiments of Rick and what you 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:58.440 guys said, it's a great class. And one of the 0:11:58.440 --> 0:12:02.160 things that nobody's touched on on was not only are 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:05.240 they deserving, is the fact that I've talked to all 0:12:05.280 --> 0:12:07.480 four of them on the phone the last two days 0:12:08.320 --> 0:12:13.160 and they're thrilled. I mean, they're absolutely beyond that to 0:12:13.160 --> 0:12:16.920 to have gotten the call from Rick, and I was 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:19.640 on the call when they when they we told Brandon, 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:22.880 and we called Brandon on Sunday and then and then 0:12:23.120 --> 0:12:25.160 they talked to the other guys, and then I had 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:27.920 a chance to talk to orangg and Reggie, and I 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:31.320 talked to Lou this afternoon. Uh, they're thrilled to death 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:34.440 about it. And that's that's the thing that really makes 0:12:34.480 --> 0:12:37.640 it extra special. Not only are they deserving, but there 0:12:37.640 --> 0:12:40.520 are also people who genuinely wants to be a part 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:43.680 of it. And and and how excited a guy like Lou. 0:12:43.760 --> 0:12:45.800 You know, it's hard to excite Lou, because Lou's been 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:49.480 around the block a few times, but he was he 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:52.520 was struck dumb almost by the fact that he was 0:12:52.559 --> 0:12:56.040 going in. And he talked about his wife Anita, breaking 0:12:56.120 --> 0:12:59.680 down and shedding tears when she found out during the call. 0:12:59.800 --> 0:13:03.720 And when I talked to him today, he reiterated those things. 0:13:03.720 --> 0:13:07.920 So I just think it's a it's a win win Situationally, 0:13:08.000 --> 0:13:11.640 they are they deserving, but they also are truly looking 0:13:11.679 --> 0:13:14.160 forward to being here with their families when they're inducted 0:13:14.200 --> 0:13:14.680 in April. 0:13:14.960 --> 0:13:18.920 You've been around so many managers. Marty obviously Sparky one 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:22.280 of the most impactful managers on this franchise. I feel 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:25.640 like there are very few that can make the lasting 0:13:25.800 --> 0:13:30.000 impact on a franchise as a manager in just three years. 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:33.160 The way Loupenella did talk about just his mark on 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:36.120 this franchise and what he means here. 0:13:37.280 --> 0:13:39.319 Well, the thing I was impressed so much about, and 0:13:39.440 --> 0:13:43.000 I'd be I'm going to be transparent as I normally am. 0:13:43.040 --> 0:13:46.000 He's my favorite wretch manager that I've ever been associated with. 0:13:46.040 --> 0:13:49.360 And people say what about Sparky. And Sparky and I 0:13:49.400 --> 0:13:54.200 had an incredible relationship, but overall Lou was just not 0:13:54.240 --> 0:13:56.240 only was he a damn good manager, but he was 0:13:56.280 --> 0:14:00.480 a joy to be around. He wore his his you know, 0:14:00.600 --> 0:14:04.080 his emotions on his sleeve, and the players knew that. 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:07.720 He told them the first day in spring training in 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:11.120 nineteen ninety in Plant City, Florida, you guys are good 0:14:11.240 --> 0:14:14.280 enough to win everything, and I'm not going to stand 0:14:14.320 --> 0:14:17.080 for a damn thing less than everything you've got. And 0:14:17.120 --> 0:14:18.640 if I don't get it, then you're going to hear 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:21.240 from me. And I really believe that a lot of 0:14:21.240 --> 0:14:24.560 the success he had was slightly borne out of intimidation 0:14:24.760 --> 0:14:27.640 because he was a tough guy. I mean, as he 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:30.680 was coming up in Tampa, Florida. He was a tough 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:35.560 guy and they knew that, but he also had their backs. 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:38.400 You know, the games that he was ejected from, he 0:14:38.520 --> 0:14:42.680 was incredibly emotional. He was genuinely emotional. He felt like 0:14:42.760 --> 0:14:45.560 they had been short changed and whatever the situation was 0:14:45.600 --> 0:14:47.880 going to be. And not only that, he came from 0:14:47.960 --> 0:14:51.760 the American League that had never been associated with a 0:14:51.840 --> 0:14:53.880 National League club when he took over this team in 0:14:53.920 --> 0:14:57.440 spring training of ninety for the first I don't know, 0:14:58.160 --> 0:15:00.960 two weeks, three weeks whatever have been of the spring 0:15:01.040 --> 0:15:04.240 training games and even into the early days of the 0:15:04.280 --> 0:15:07.720 regular season. He had an all nationally coaching staff who 0:15:07.760 --> 0:15:10.360 was the greatest that coaching staff I've ever been around, 0:15:11.240 --> 0:15:15.000 and he allowed them to pretty much make determinations based 0:15:15.040 --> 0:15:17.040 on the way the game was played in this league 0:15:17.360 --> 0:15:19.960 until he learned. He didn't come in here saying I know, 0:15:20.080 --> 0:15:22.000 I've got all the answers, I don't need the ELP. 0:15:22.680 --> 0:15:26.600 He just embraced this whole situation, and he did it 0:15:26.640 --> 0:15:29.880 with such great class and dignity and at the same 0:15:30.000 --> 0:15:34.280 time a bull in the china shop attitude toward the 0:15:34.320 --> 0:15:37.080 way the game should be played. He had the whole 0:15:37.120 --> 0:15:39.720 package I mean, I'm thrilled that he's going to be in. 0:15:40.520 --> 0:15:43.880 You had a really good relationship with Brandon Phillips, and 0:15:43.960 --> 0:15:47.400 I think that relationship continues to today, maybe even more so 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:50.680 once he retired. Let's face it didn't always have the 0:15:50.800 --> 0:15:53.360 rosiest of relationship with all players. 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:55.280 Why Brandon Phillips. 0:15:56.640 --> 0:16:00.880 He's one of the few, but I did. I had 0:16:00.920 --> 0:16:04.840 a great relationship with him, and and you know, I 0:16:05.440 --> 0:16:07.920 talked to him a number of weeks ago about the 0:16:07.960 --> 0:16:12.840 possibility that this thing could happen, and I would be 0:16:12.920 --> 0:16:15.000 less and honest if I didn't say that Brandon had 0:16:15.040 --> 0:16:18.560 some issues with some people when he was here who 0:16:18.560 --> 0:16:21.960 are no longer here. And I'm not going to name names. 0:16:22.000 --> 0:16:24.480 There are people who know who I'm talking about. And 0:16:24.520 --> 0:16:27.240 so I think he has a tendency to hold grudges 0:16:27.320 --> 0:16:32.440 and he's he's come around of the point now where 0:16:32.920 --> 0:16:36.080 he understands how important this is for him. And I 0:16:36.080 --> 0:16:39.400 think for a number of reasons, one of which is 0:16:39.800 --> 0:16:42.440 one of the main priorities to be considered. He was 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:45.640 an incredible fan favorite, and he was that way because 0:16:45.680 --> 0:16:48.880 he was a fan of the fans, and he gave 0:16:49.000 --> 0:16:51.960 back to them and their adulation and I said, these 0:16:52.000 --> 0:16:56.640 people that followed you all those years knew how wonderful 0:16:56.720 --> 0:16:59.840 you were to them, and how important you were to 0:16:59.840 --> 0:17:03.600 the franchise, and how popular you were. It would be 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:06.919 a little bit wrong to have an opportunity to go 0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:08.520 into the Retch Hall of Fame and then you don't 0:17:08.520 --> 0:17:11.959 want to come here. And we had a great We 0:17:12.000 --> 0:17:15.639 had a number of conversations on the phone. I have 0:17:15.720 --> 0:17:20.600 great respect for him. If you're going to assume, for 0:17:20.680 --> 0:17:22.960 the sake of argument, that Joe Morgan is the best 0:17:23.000 --> 0:17:25.840 second basement of the history of this franchise, then I 0:17:25.840 --> 0:17:29.199 can promise you that Brandon Phillips is number two. So 0:17:29.320 --> 0:17:31.760 this is where he belongs. He belongs in the Reds 0:17:31.840 --> 0:17:33.760 Hall of Fame. And I think it's going to be 0:17:33.800 --> 0:17:35.720 a great night for he and his family, just like 0:17:35.800 --> 0:17:38.720 it's going to be for the families of Sanders and 0:17:38.760 --> 0:17:40.520 Harangu and Vanilla. 0:17:41.359 --> 0:17:45.080 Well, we can't wait. It's going to be an unbelievable 0:17:45.160 --> 0:17:48.280 gallup coming up at the Convention Center April twenty six. 0:17:48.359 --> 0:17:50.400 Of course at the ballpark on the twenty fifth, Marty. 0:17:50.480 --> 0:17:52.520 Always great to hear your voice in chat with you. 0:17:52.520 --> 0:17:55.240 Thinks for the time, appreciate it and let's talk again soon. 0:17:56.359 --> 0:17:58.959 My pleasure, Tommy, thank you, Thank you, Jim. 0:17:59.119 --> 0:18:01.520 That is Martin Brenham in the Hall of Fame, voice 0:18:01.560 --> 0:18:04.760 of the Cincinnati Reds for forty six years, joining us 0:18:04.760 --> 0:18:08.560 on the Budweiser Reds Hot Stove League presented by UDF. 0:18:08.600 --> 0:18:11.760 Give the gift of Reds Baseball this holiday season with 0:18:11.920 --> 0:18:15.360 Red's Holiday Flex Ticket vouchers. Your favorite Reds fan, we'll 0:18:15.359 --> 0:18:17.760 get a choose which games they want to see in 0:18:17.760 --> 0:18:21.600 twenty twenty six. Visit Reds dot com slash Holiday for 0:18:21.800 --> 0:18:24.200 details plenty more to get to a couple more Hall 0:18:24.240 --> 0:18:28.960 of famers to talk to. Aaron Harang also elected into 0:18:29.000 --> 0:18:32.399 the Reds Hall of Fame today. He will join us 0:18:32.400 --> 0:18:34.439 when we come back a little bit later in the show. 0:18:34.840 --> 0:18:39.400 Reggie Sanders also elected to the Reds Hall of Fame. 0:18:39.880 --> 0:18:42.760 This is the Budweiser Reds Hot Stove League, presented by 0:18:42.880 --> 0:18:46.640 UDF Live the bed MGM Sportsbook, inside Tom's Watchbar at 0:18:46.640 --> 0:18:53.200 the Banks on the Reds Radio Network. Just try to 0:18:53.200 --> 0:18:55.680 get comfortable, you know, Jimmy, Just kind of get comfortable. 0:18:55.760 --> 0:18:55.920 Utter. 0:18:56.119 --> 0:18:58.960 Welcome back into the Budweiser Reds Hot Stove League presented 0:18:59.000 --> 0:19:05.240 by you d F Brandon Phillips, Aaron Harang, Reggie Sanders, 0:19:05.240 --> 0:19:09.280 and lou Patinella have been selected as the Cincinnati Reds 0:19:09.280 --> 0:19:11.920 Hall of Fame's Class of twenty twenty six. The four 0:19:11.920 --> 0:19:14.399 inductees will be honored April twenty fourth through the twenty 0:19:14.480 --> 0:19:17.920 sixth during the Reds Hall of Fame Induction Celebration presented 0:19:18.000 --> 0:19:21.560 by PNC. Get your tickets for this historic weekend now 0:19:21.680 --> 0:19:26.560 at Reds dot com slash tickets, and Aaron Harang joins us. Now, Aaron, 0:19:26.600 --> 0:19:31.560 thanks so much. First things, first, congratulations and I'm sure 0:19:31.600 --> 0:19:35.720 you are just thrilled beyond words about this, and this 0:19:35.760 --> 0:19:38.040 is an incredible honor. What was your reaction when you 0:19:38.080 --> 0:19:40.399 first heard that you were going into the Reds Hall 0:19:40.440 --> 0:19:40.800 of Fame? 0:19:42.600 --> 0:19:44.760 I was, how are you guys? 0:19:44.800 --> 0:19:46.399 By the way, great doing wealthy. 0:19:46.920 --> 0:19:52.400 I was very very shocked, very surprised, but very honored. 0:19:53.840 --> 0:19:57.879 I mean, it means a lot, and being able to 0:19:57.920 --> 0:20:03.800 be a part of this franchise's history has it's a 0:20:04.160 --> 0:20:09.199 It's an amazing, amazing honor to get to be a 0:20:09.200 --> 0:20:09.600 part of this. 0:20:11.320 --> 0:20:14.679