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FRONT20022003REDSREDSREDS INMINORMEDIACINCINNATI REDSMEDIA GUIDEMEDIAMEDIAThe Reds issue more than 200 season credentials to members of the media who cover theteam on a regular basis. Traveling entities include the Cincinnati Enquirer, Dayton DailyNews and MLB.com. Reds on Radio rightsholder 700 WLW AM broadcasts 20 games in springtraining and all 162 games during the regular season. Television rightsholder FOX Sports Ohioairs 3 spring training games and 145 regular season games.485

MEDIAMedia Relations DepartmentRob Butcher - Director of Media RelationsRob Butcher was named to his position on January 6, 1997. He is in his 21st seasonin professional baseball, his 13th with the Reds. In December 2006, Butcher receivedMajor League Baseball’s Robert O. Fishel Award for public relations excellence. In1988 he began his front office career as an intern with the Class AAA ColumbusClippers and worked there 5 seasons before he was named assistant director ofmedia relations for the New York Yankees in March 1993. In June 1993, he waspromoted to New York’s director of media relations and held that position for 3seasons until December 21, 1995. On behalf of Major League Baseball, Butcher hasworked 11 All-Star Games (1994, 1995, 1999, 2001-08) and 11 World Series (1995,1997, 2000-08). In March 2006 and March 2009 he served as MLB’s press liaisonfor Team USA during the first 2 World Baseball Classics. Butcher graduated in 1981from Wilmington (OH) High School and in 1985 from the University of Dayton with a degree in broadcastingand journalism. In August 1989, he received his master’s degree in sport management from The Ohio StateUniversity. In September 2001, Rob was inducted into the Clinton County (OH) Sports Hall of Fame. He andhis wife, Dana, live in Park Hills, Kentucky.larry herms - Assistant Director of Media RelationsLarry Herms is in his 12th season with the Reds, his fourth as assistant director ofmedia relations. He joined the Reds as a media relations intern in January 1998and was named media relations assistant in November of that year. On behalf ofMajor League Baseball, Herms has worked 3 National League Championship Series(2006-08). He began his baseball career in 1997 as an intern in the front office of theClass AAA American Association. A Queen City native, he graduated with a bachelorof arts degree in communications from the University of Cincinnati in 1998. Hermsis engaged to Maggie Peter and resides in Mt. Adams.jamie ramsey - Assistant Director of Media RelationsJamie Ramsey is in his 12th season in the Reds organization, his ninth season inthe media relations department. He was named to his current position in 2006. Priorto that, he served as media relations assistant and as an intern in that department.Ramsey joined the organization in 1997 as a member of the Reds’ grounds crewat Cinergy Field and worked in that capacity until his promotion to the front officein 2000. A 1999 graduate of Miami University, Jamie is an avid fan of bowling andyoga and resides in Cincinnati.Contact InformationYou can contact the Cincinnati Reds media relations office at (513) 765-7800. During games, you can reachthe media relations staff in the press box at (513) 765-7350 or (513) 765-7450.Media CredentialsCincinnati Reds media credentials will be issued only to reporters or photographers for accredited media.Reds season credentials only will be issued to those media outlets that cover the Reds on a daily basis.Credentials requests can be made online at https://credentials.mlb.com. Please allow 24-hour notice for alldaily credential requests. Under no circumstances are media credentials to be transfered from person toperson. Violation of this policy will result in notification of the Major League office of the violation, dismissalof the media member from Great American Ball Park and confiscation of the violator’s media credential forthe remainder of the season.Media Credential PickupMembers of the media can pick up approved daily credentials inside Gate 3 at Great American Ball Park’sPete Rose Way entrance, located adjacent to U.S. Bank Arena on the east side of the facility.486CINCINNATI REDSMEDIA GUIDE

Press BoxFRONTThe writing and broadcast press box is located on Level 3 of Great American Ball Park. The press box isopen 3 hours and 30 minutes prior to gametime. The press dining room, located on the press box level, isopen 2 hours prior to game time. A delicious buffet dinner is available to credentialed media members at acost of 7.Clubhouse AccessOnly media with approved credentials have access to the clubhouses. The clubhouses are open 3 hoursand 30 minutes prior to the start of each game and close 1 hour prior to the start of each game. Followingthe game, the clubhouses will open no later than 10 minutes after the final out. The home and visiting teamclubhouses are located on Field Level. The Reds’ dugout is located on the first base side, the visitors’ dugouton the third base side. Until batting practice is over, media can access the field through the tunnels adjacentto each clubhouse. After batting practice is over, access to and from the field may be made only through thetunnel on the outfield side of the third base dugout. Members of the media are not permitted in the trainingroom, players’ lounge or equipment areas.A photographer dark room for media outlets affiliated with The Associated Press is available in the Field Leveltunnel, across from the interview room. Contact Al Behrman at (513) 241-2386.2002Dark RoomsMedia ParkingMedia Interviews2003The media relations department does not have individual gameday parking passes. For information on monthlyparking, contact Central Parking at (513) 946-8100.Reds uniformed personnel will be available for interviews prior to on-field stretching and following battingpractice. Interview requests during batting practice must be scheduled through the Reds media relationsdepartment.Media outlets needing use of Reds’ current photographs may contact the Reds creative services departmentat (513) 765-7029 or jrollins@reds.com. At this time, the Reds no longer grant permission for historical imagesprior to the 2000 season. Accredited media members may use Reds photographs for non-endorsement projectsonly. All photographs and/or materials loaned by the Cincinnati Reds must be returned in good condition within30 days. Media outlets not returning photographs and/or materials within 30 days will be subject to a 50 feeper item and will be subject to a 250 fee per item for any photographs and/or materials damaged or lost.Positions for photographers are located on the home plate and outfield sides of each dugout, a position sharedwith television cameras. With the exception of game broadcast cameras, still photographers have priorityover local videographers. Still photographers for The Associated Press, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Dayton DailyNews, The Columbus Dispatch and Major League Baseball Photos have priority.Television stations are prohibited from using a “roving” camera inside Great American Ball Park without the permission of the media relations department. At no time are camera crews allowed into theseating areas of Great American Ball Park. Interviews in a roving situation must be conducted on theright-field porch -CINCINNATI REDS1:0510:5011:40-12:3510:2011:10-MEDIA GUIDEMEDIAMEDIAGametimeVisitors Early WorkReds Early WorkReds Pitchers HitReds InfieldReds BPVisitors BPVisitors InfieldMINOR2009 Batting Practice ScheduleREDS INRoving CamerasREDSStill Camera PositionsREDSUse of Photography487

MEDIAReds on the AirwavesRadioIn 2009, for the third straight season Hall of Famer Marty Brennaman will bejoined in the Reds on Radio network booth by Thom Brennaman or Jeff Brantley.The Reds on Radio network is one of the largest in professional sports, with 59affiliates in 7 states. The 50,000-watt flagship station is 700 WLW (AM 700) inCincinnati. Twenty spring training games and all 162 regular-season games arebroadcast on 700 WLW Radio.TelevisionFOX Sports Ohio holds the exclusive local cable and telecast rights for CincinnatiReds baseball. FOX Sports Ohio will cablecast 145 games in 2009. GeorgeGrande and Chris Welsh, the longest-running TV duo in club history, will teamup for their 17th season together for play-by-play and color analysis. ThomBrennaman and Jeff Brantley also will spend time in the Reds TV booth.Reds BroadcastersMarty BrennamanReds radio announcer Marty Brennaman received the Ford C. Frick Award on July 23,2000, in ceremonies at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. Theaward is presented each year by the Hall of Fame to a broadcaster “for major contributionsto the game of baseball.” Brennaman, Red Barber (WSAI, 1934-38) and Russ Hodges(WFBE, 1932) are the only Reds announcers ever to receive the Hall of Fame’s prestigiousbroadcasting award. On May 2, 2005 he was inducted into the National Sportscastersand Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame in Salisbury, NC. On November 5, 2005he was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in Chicago. In 1999 he wasinducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. In 2009 he was selected by the AmericanSportscasters Association as one of the Top 50 broadcasters of all time. The 2009 seasonwill be Brennaman’s 45th as a broadcaster, his 36th in Cincinnati. He joined the Redsradio team in 1974 and for 31 seasons (1974-2004) shared the 700 WLW Radio booth with Reds Hall of Famepitcher Joe Nuxhall. Brennaman has been named Ohio Sportscaster of the Year 13 times, most recently in 2006.He won the Virginia Sportscaster of the Year Award 4 times while broadcasting basketball games for the AmericanBasketball Association’s Virginia Squires, baseball games for the New York Mets’ Class AAA affiliate in Norfolkand football games for both Virginia Tech and William & Mary. He also has broadcast games during the NCAA’smen’s basketball tournament, including 15 regional tournaments and 11 Final Fours. Brennaman will broadcastabout 45 games on radio with his son, Thom. Marty also has 2 daughters, Dawn and Ashley, and 4 grandchildren,Dylan & Cal Venerus and Ella Mae & Luke Brennaman.Thom BrennamanThom Brennaman is in his third season as a member of the Reds Radio and Reds TVbroadcast teams. On 10/4/06 he signed a 4-year contract through the 2010 season. TheCincinnati native will work alongside his father, Hall of Famer Marty Brennaman, for selectedradio broadcasts on 700 WLW and also will sit in the booth for Reds TV broadcasts on FOXSports Ohio. Thom will broadcast approximately 90 games for the Reds while continuingto serve as one of Major League Baseball’s lead announcers on the Saturday Game of theWeek and post-season telecasts for national television rightsholder FOX. Before joiningthe Reds he worked for 9 seasons on Arizona Diamondbacks radio and TV broadcasts.Brennaman joined the D’Backs after 6 seasons with the Chicago Cubs working for bothWGN radio and TV. He was hired by the Cubs after 2 years in Cincinnati broadcastingReds TV games alongside Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench. The Brennamans workedtogether during a Baseball Network televised game in the 1990s. One of the country’s most versatile talents, Thomis part of the NFL and college football broadcast teams for FOX, and in each of the last 3 years he was the leadannouncer for the worldwide telecasts of the college football BCS championship games. He was the play-by-playvoice for that network for 6 Cotton Bowl telecasts from 2001-06 and also has handled University of Cincinnatimen’s basketball local broadcast duties. Brennaman is a graduate of Anderson High School and Ohio University.Thom, his wife Polly and their famly live in Cincinnati.488CINCINNATI REDSMEDIA GUIDE