I think it's because the cities are so different,'' he said. Cincinnati is so conservative, while Cleveland, maybe compared to San Francisco is not so liberal, but compared to Cincinnati it might as well be San Francisco. Brennaman is tickled by the addition of Columbus fans to the mix. Baseball and football may be top professional sports, but the feelings they engender in fans and players are quite different. It's a very different world.
Baseball is a much more open, friendly game.
I'm not saying people in football aren't open and friendly, but there's a built-in paranoia. They only play one game a week, everything is quite secretive. You can build them as years and years go by. Even the broadcasters whom I got to know as a kid, then later as a colleague, have become good friends.