re: Eli Gold not returning to the radio booth

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This would’ve been super easy to handle with class and dignity

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Agreed. They could have let him call home games last year. Then they could have told him in private that it was time, but they appreciated what he had done. They could have offered him some guest spots.

AND ELI COULD HAVE POLITELY ACCEPTED OR DECLINED AND GRACIOUSLY PASSED IT OFF TO HIS SUCCESSOR WITHOUT CAUSING A PUBLIC SCENE.

Now, his former employer is in the awkward position of trying to be nice and not just outright say he's lost a few steps, and wasn't doing his job. Watts had to interupt him several times in the game I listened to last year and do Eli's job just so the audience didn't miss whole plays.