"Sorry that it's over because you were one of the voices of baseball for a really long time on a channel right now that doesn't seem to love baseball."
"I've been doing it for a long time. It's something I still want to do. I would like to think the company feels like I do a good job, and that there's some value there."
"He brought joy to everything he did and that impact he made on our team, with our audience and this community cannot be overstated. We will truly miss him.”
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"He lived through the heyday when it used to be fun to work for a radio station. The 50s, the 60s, the 70s — and then along came corporate ownership, politically correct rules, and the whole nature of the industry changed. He'd had it up to his eyeballs by the time he retired, and I think that was his problem."
For employees, competitors, and industry watchers, the first reaction is understandable. Bankruptcy carries a stigma that’s hard to shake. In most industries, it historically meant failure and liquidation.
"I've been doing it for a long time. It's something I still want to do. I would like to think the company feels like I do a good job, and that there's some value there."
"He brought joy to everything he did and that impact he made on our team, with our audience and this community cannot be overstated. We will truly miss him.”