PLAY BALL!!!

Two veteran D.C. communicators got together to celebrate the beginning of the baseball season. (Left to right), Cary Hatch, who, for years, ran D.C.-based MDB Communications; and Charlie Brotman who was the stadium announcer for the Washington Senators baseball team and also involved in a number of agencies, including  Brotman|Winter|Fried, which specialized in sports promotions.  In addition, Brotman was behind the microphone for every inaugural parade from Eisenhower’s second inauguration in 1957 to Barack Obama’s second inauguration in 2013.

Brotman, 98, has been inducted into many Halls of Fame during his more than 50 years in public relations and announcing, including the Washington Hall of Fame, the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, Jock’s Hall of Fame, the Public Relations Society of America Hall of Fame, the Advertising Club of Washington Hall of Fame, the Greater Washington Fastpitch Softball Hall of Fame and the Washington Tennis and Education Foundation Hall of Fame.

PHOTO: Phil Rabin