Marty Lives Large with Rupert Murdoch

Marty's been off all week, but he's back in the booth today for an epic battle against the Philadelphia Phillies. They're barely into the second inning when Thom baits his dad, "You’ve been living large because you have your Sunday New York Post ..."

To which Marty responds, "And again it’s not that liberal rag The New York Times. You will never see me buy that paper. Ever."

Thom innocently says, "If I’m not mistaken The New York Post is owned by Fox News Corp."

Thom, of course, is well aware that the mere mention of Fox makes Marty salivate and like Pavlov's dog, Marty does not disappoint: "Rupert Murdoch. All over it. I’ve been too busy reading up about your friend Elliott Spitzer."

Of course, as previously mentioned, it was the liberal rag The New York Times that broke the Spitzer story ...

An inning or so later, Marty asks about a conversation from yesterday's broadcast involving a tale of drunken beaver hunting on Jeff "The Cowboy" Brantley's farm. (Brantley is another Reds broadcaster and former major league pitcher.) Thom says, "I was very disturbed about it and basically I tuned out ... You might read about it if you keep flipping through that Post." Marty thinks that might not be such a bad idea: "They have all the stuff in there. Big headline: Elliott's Gal a Shared Asset."