Cincinnati Reds play-by-play man Thom Brennaman knows he may be looking for a new job soon.
Brennaman signed off in the middle of the Reds' game Wednesday night against the Kansas City Royals after getting caught on a hot mic using a slur for homosexuals.
Brennemen was heard referring to an unknown location as "one of the f _ capitals of the world." He did not seem to realize that the broadcast had returned from commercial break.
The Reds and Royals played a doubleheader Wednesday. Brennaman's homophobic slur came during the final inning of the first game, and he abruptly signed off the air during the fifth inning of the second game.
"From the bottom of my heart, I'm so very, very sorry," Brennaman said, before he was interrupted by a home run from Nick Castellanos into the "judgement-free zone" to give the Reds a 4-0 lead. "I don't know if I'm going to be putting on this headset again."
Brennaman, the 56-year-old son of longtime Reds broadcaster Marty Brennaman, began his play-by-play career in college and rose to national prominence calling Chicago Cubs games in the early 1990s.
In his mea culpa, Brennaman said, "If I have hurt anyone out there, I can't tell you how much I say from the bottom of my heart I'm so very, very sorry" and described himself as "a man of faith."
Fellow Fox Sports Ohio broadcaster Jim Day finished the broadcast of the second game.
