In July, he appeared on The Josh Potter Show and discussed a number of subjects, including being able to accept people's jokes about the now-famous "drive into deep left field by Castellanos" call he made during his on-air apology.
In a new sportsbroadcastjournal.com interview with David J. Halberstam that follows Halberstam's column insisting that Brennaman's "career was destroyed with impunity and through a typical rush to judgment," Brennaman offered the following opinions and observations:
* Many people tell Brennaman they wish he was back and they miss him.
If I’m in the grocery or getting a cup of coffee at the local convenient shop, 99% of those I bump into, I’ll hear, ‘We wish you were back, we miss you!’ Let’s say it’s even 90%. Are execs going to make a decision to appease the 10%? Wouldn’t you listen to the massive 90%?
* Brennaman misses football more than baseball.
Football. I liked the broadcast team with which I worked. I loved Chris Spielman like my own brother.
* Broadcasting remotely is here to stay.
I didn’t miss not traveling, not an iota. Arriving in towns at 2:30 am, no. MLB does enough to share needed information. In our studio, I had access to clear camera angles. They were sufficient. Sometimes, it was difficult to gauge fly balls but we got accustomed to it.
I’ll say this. I don’t think baseball teams, except a team here or there, will ever go on the road again. Baseball is a business. Traveling is costly. In addition to the on-air teams there are TV trucks and technical crews.
