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Join Facebook to connect with Don Sutton and others you may know. “The best thing I can say is, ‘Not nearly as much as I miss being there.’”Baseball Hall of Fame member Don Sutton waves to spectators from the back of a pickup truck during the Hall of Fame Legends Parade in Cooperstown, N.Y., on July 28, 2018.Don Sutton during a luncheon inducting him into the Braves Hall of Fame on July 20, 2015.
“I’m doing physical therapy three times a week, and I have a personal trainer who’s working with me. It just happened to hit everything right (to break).”“I had to have a rod put into the femur and some screws and anchors to hold it in place,” Sutton said. Member of 1966, 1974 and 1977-1978 National League Champion Los Angeles Dodgers teams. I have a walker, one of those that you hold on to and walk. Member of 1982 American League Champion Milwaukee Brewers team. “This ballclub is amazing, and I feel left out because I’m not there to watch it first-hand.“It has been nearly 60 years that I’ve been going to the park every day in the summer.”As his absence has grown longer, many fans have inquired about Sutton’s condition. Member of 1986 American League Western Division Champion California Angels team. “My mother used to worry about my imaginary friends ‘cause I would be out in the yard playing ball,” Don Sutton said in his Hall of Fame induction speech in 1998. Named to 4 National League All Star Teams (1972-1973, 1975 and 1977).

Pitcher for Los Angeles Dodgers (1966-1980 and 1988), Houston Astros (1981-1982), Milwaukee Brewers (1982-1984), Oakland Athletics (1985) and California Angels (1985-1987). He appreciates that people care.“The nicest thing that has been said is, ‘We miss you,’” Sutton said.

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998. Don Sutton is on Facebook. “This is a bad year not to be there.”He was around the team for a while in spring training and was scheduled to broadcast most home games and occasional road games this season.“I didn’t fall. And then there was some serious pain.“I think I’ve had some slight weakening of the bones in my body, so I have to be careful. Sutton was born in Clio, Alabama, a small town in Barbour County. Don Sutton was born on April 2, 1945 in Clio, Alabama, USA as Donald Howard Sutton. Made major league debut on 14 April 1966. I’m graduating to a cane. I don’t think it was my imagination hearing the crack. I feel good. I call Home Depot.“I think I had the surgery on my birthday (April 2). He is married to Mary.

If I’m in the booth and the booth catches on fire, I’m in trouble. ... Until my doctor or my physical therapist says, ‘Get ready for a long winter,’ I am not willing to concede that I won’t be there.“I have learned it doesn’t heal as quickly when you’re over 49,” conceded Sutton, 74.He has been part of the sound track of the Braves almost continuously since 1989, when he joined the legendary broadcast team of Skip Caray, Pete Van Wieren and Ernie Johnson Sr. For 28 of the past 30 seasons, Sutton called Braves games on TV or radio, leaving in 2007 to broadcast Washington Nationals games and returning in 2009.He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998 for his 324 wins as a pitcher, including a franchise-record 233 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and was inducted into the Braves Hall of Fame in 2015 for his success as a broadcaster.It frustrates him to not be on the job now, especially given the stirring season the Braves are having.“I’m itching to get back, and they’re making it harder for me by having such an entertaining year,” he said. April 14, 1966 is also the same day that Greg Maddux was born. It’s just coming along a lot slower than I wanted and expected. One of the things about my personality is I wish I knew an exact date so I could plan for it.“Good things are happening with the PT. It can be argued that Sutton is the second most famous person born in Clio, since it is also the birthplace of the late Alabama governor George Wallace. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Baseball Hall of Fame member Don Sutton waves to spectators from the back of a pickup truck during the Hall of Fame Legends Parade in Cooperstown, N.Y., on July 28, 2018.

I just stood up, took a step to the left, put all the weight on my left leg, and I heard a crack,” Sutton said. They ask the Braves, ask the radio stations, ask his fellow broadcasters, ask the newspaper. Finished 5th in voting for 1972 National League Cy Young Award for leading League in Walks and Hits per 9 Innings Pitched (8.22), Hits Allowed per 9 Innings Pitched (6.14) and Shutouts (9) and having 11 Sacrifice Hits, 2.08 ERA, 19 Wins, .679 Won-Loss Percentage, 2.08 Walks per 9 Innings Pitched, 6.83 Strikeouts per 9 Innings Pitched, 272.7 Innings Pitched, 207 Strikeouts, 33 Games Started, 18 Complete Games, 9 Wild Pitches and 1,061 Batters Faced. I have some exercises I’m doing on my own.“I was out-and-about yesterday for about four hours, and that was a first. They have one child. It happened on the 30th of March. That’s the key, getting independent. “Let’s put it this way: I’m not planning on being back at work this season, but I’m not counting it out. I’m getting stronger and more independent.

Five months later, he still hasn’t made it back to the broadcast booth.In his first interview since he heard his leg “crack,” Sutton described what happened that day and since then, said he soon will “graduate” from using a walker to using a cane and said he’ll return to Braves radio when his mobility allows him to safely do so, possibly before the end of the season.“It is week-to-week as far as the physical therapy is concerned,” Sutton said.


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