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continued from C1 concourses before games on these dates.

Sept. 20: Brennaman will broadcast a full game against the New York Mets in a temporary radio booth behind section 119 in Gapper’s Alley.

Sept. 24-25: Brennaman will return to the temporary radio booth for pregame broadcasts during the final regular-season series at home against the Milwaukee Brewers. Gates open at 5:40 p.m. for the 6:40 p.m. game.

The first 20,000 fans at the Sept. 24 game will receive a replica ticket from Brennaman’s first broadcast on April 4, 1974.

Brennaman’s son Thom, the voice of the Reds on Fox Sports Ohio, will join Marty for the entire radio broadcast on Sept. 25.

The first 20,000 fans at the Sept. 25 game will receive a print celebrating Brennaman’s 2020 induction into the Reds Hall of Fame.

Sept. 26: This will be Brennaman’s final game behind the microphone if the Reds have been eliminated from the playoff race. If they still have a chance, he will call the final series in Pittsburgh Sept. 27-29.

The first 20,000 fans at the Sept. 26 game will receive a Reds transistor radio so they can hear Brennaman broadcast the game.

“We are grateful to our partners at 700 WLW who are eliminating the delay for Marty’s final game,” said Phil Castellini, Reds president and COO, “which will allow fans in the park to hear Marty’s calls in real-time as they are watching the plays live.”

After the game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Sept. 26, the Reds will invite fans onto the field for a special program honoring Brennaman. He will be on a stage at the pitcher’s mound with Fox Sports Ohio broadcaster Jim Day.

Brennaman got emotional talking about the weeks ahead during a news conference Friday at the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum.

“I never dreamed when I started at a 1,000-watt radio station in 1965 that this would happen,” he said. “You can’t expect this.” Contact this reporter at 937244-7400 or email David. Jablonski@coxinc.com.