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==Broadcasting career== [[File:Don Sutton 2008.jpg|thumb|Sutton with the [[Washington Nationals]] in 2008]] Sutton started his broadcasting career in 1989, splitting duties between Dodgers cable telecasts on [[Z Channel]] and [[Atlanta Braves]] telecasts on [[TBS (TV network)|TBS]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wolf|first1=Bob|title=Dodger Notebook : Sportscaster Sutton Sounds Off|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-03-19-sp-422-story.html|access-date=October 3, 2016|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 19, 1989}}</ref> The following year, he became a full-time commentator for the Braves. In 2002, Sutton was diagnosed with [[kidney cancer]] resulting in the removal of his left kidney. In addition, part of his lung was removed in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|last=O'Connell|first=Jack|title=Sutton Does Part to Fight Kidney Cancer|url=http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/printedition/2009/04/12/announcers0412.html|access-date=May 20, 2011}}</ref> While undergoing cancer treatment, he continued his broadcasting career.<ref name="MLB obit"/> He left TBS after the 2006 season, mainly because the network would broadcast fewer games in 2007 and had to cut back on the number of broadcasters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chattanoogan.com/2006/10/5/94126/Don-Sutton-Out-As-Braves--Announcer.aspx |title=Don Sutton Out As Braves' Announcer |publisher=Chattanoogan.com |date=October 5, 2006 |access-date=January 19, 2021}}</ref> Sutton was a color commentator for the [[Washington Nationals]] on the [[MASN]] network during the 2007 and 2008 seasons. After the end of the 2008 season, Sutton still had two years left on his contract with the Nationals, but when an Atlanta Braves radio job opened up, he negotiated his release on January 27, 2009,<ref name=suttonreturn>{{cite news|title=Hall Of Famer Don Sutton Returning To Broadcast Braves Baseball|url=http://www.chattanoogan.com/2009/1/27/143460/Hall-Of-Famer-Don-Sutton-Returning-To.aspx|work=The Chattanoogan|date=January 27, 2009}}</ref> in order to return to Atlanta, where he had many ties.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bowman|first1=Mark|title=Sutton rejoins Braves broadcast team|url=http://m.mlb.com/news/article/3776758/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084121/http://m.mlb.com/news/article/3776758/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2016|access-date=July 21, 2015|work=MLB.com|date=January 27, 2009}}</ref> His most recent broadcast partner was [[Jim Powell (sportscaster)|Jim Powell]], who joined the [[Braves Radio Network]] in 2009. Sutton missed the 2019 season due to a broken [[femur]].<ref name="Tucker">{{cite web|url= https://www.ajc.com/sports/baseball/braves-ceo-discusses-2020-broadcast-lineup/7elrxQO4jsdukkCaVfvdtN/ |title= Braves CEO discusses 2020 broadcast lineup |last=Tucker|first=Tim |date=January 19, 2020 |work=Atlanta Journal-Constitution|access-date=July 27, 2020}}</ref> He was unable to return to his broadcast career before his death.<ref name="MLB obit"/>
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