WEEI's Dale Arnold to do 25-30 Red Sox games as fill in for Dave O'Brien

2/16/11: "“The only part of the proposal that they made to me that was palatable — at all — was the fact that I’m going to be doing a bit more play-by-play,” (Dale) Arnold said today when talking about his shrunken role at WEEI-AM (850).

• WEEI is shuffling it’s lineup as it faces its biggest competition ever from
• sports radio rival “95.8 The Sports Hub.”

As for his future, Arnold said he will be WEEI’s “designated vacation fill-in host,” which amounts to about 100 days a year. He will also be filling in for ...Red Sox [team stats] play-by-play announcer Dave O’Brien for about 25 to 30 summer baseball games."...

• 2/16/11, "WEEI’s Dale Arnold laments losing show," Boston Herald, Heslam, via RadioDailyNews

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