Nuxhall will be in the front row Sunday in Cooperstown, N.Y., when Brennaman is inducted into the broadcasting wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Even now Brennaman wonders how a boy from the Tidewater region of Virginia has come so far. Brennaman compares the next few moments to a person confronting death. My whole career flashed in front of me as he was talking,'' he said. Major League Baseball is about the road.
Travel is the only certain companion from season to season.
But the journey begins in childhood when most dreams are born. As a youngster, Brennaman remembers listening to baseball games on the radio. Television didn't own the sport yet, and radio announcers like Waite Hoyt, Red Barber and Mel Allen brought the games to life with their descriptions. He probably made as big an impression upon me as anybody. He did total re-creation.