Producer-engineer has been in the booth for nearly every regular-season, postseason and spring training game since 1994
San Diego Padres radio producer Dave Marcus looks on before a game against the Cincinnati Reds at Petco Park on Monday, April 29, 2024. But maybe not in the way anyone familiar with the fictional character on the American version of “The Office” might think.
Most people have no idea what Marcus sounds like; probably even fewer have an idea what he looks like . But as Agler said: “He is the reason that the light goes on. And he is the reason anybody hears us. He makes the broadcast better by all of his efforts, and it’s all stuff that no one would ever know was happening. And that’s a special kind of person that accepts that and, you know, thrives almost in that sort of situation where they know they’re not going to get the recognition.
And then, early in 1994, someone handed him a job listing: KFMB was looking for a producer-engineer for Padres games.The listing said five years’ experience was required. Marcus had just three but he figured he knew some people at the station who might put in a good word for him. So he typed up a resume and drove it to the KFMB offices. He told the receptionist he was there to drop off an application and resume for the Padres job.
“He’s my favorite radio engineer in all the world; plugs in a power cord like no other engineer I know,” joked Padres TV analyst Mark Grant, who met Marcus more than 30 years ago. “Seriously, he’s like a brother to me. Very humble guy. Dave always wants to get it right, be on top of things. Bob Scanlan, who occasionally works with Agler or Gwynn on radio, said Marcus “was instrumental in helping me make my transition into the booth. I was there with Ted and Ted is obviously established and I’m in new territory, but Dave right from the get-go made me feel completely comfortable and got me up to speed with everything: ‘Hey, here’s what you need to be aware of, here’s what Ted likes in a broadcast, here’s something to be careful of.’ So I’m forever grateful to Dave.
But Coleman lived his life as a great teammate: with the Yankees as a player, in the military as a pilot and with the Padres. And part of being a great teammate is taking someone young and helping to educate them.
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