Eli Gold To Join TV Broadcast Team For Jacksonville State Baseball

TUSCALOOSA, AL — Jacksonville State baseball on Thursday announced that longtime Crimson Tide radio broadcaster Eli Gold will be its play-by-play man for television broadcasts for the remainder of the 2024 season.

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Jacksonville State Athletics Director Greg Seitz said Gold's first appearance will be for the program's March 19 home game against Samford.

As Patch previously reported, Gold served as the Tide's football radio broadcaster since 1988 but was not retained following the end of the 2023 season when contract negotiations fell through and Gold turned down returning to the booth in a more limited role for the Crimson Tide.

"We are always looking for ways to enhance Jax State athletics in any way and adding someone with Eli Gold's experience and character will do just that," Seitz said. "We already have a Hall-of-Famer in Mike Parris in our radio booth, so to add another in Eli to our television booth will afford our fans an unparalleled opportunity to follow Gamecock Baseball."

In addition to his 36 years for the Crimson Tide, Gold was recently named the play-by-play voice of the Nashville Kats of the Arena Football League, which begins its season in April.

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