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4 unusual facts about Daron Sutton


Dan Haren

His pitching style is often dubbed a "chess match" by reporters and announcers (particularly Daron Sutton and Mark Grace of the Diamondbacks announce team) due to his ability to change speeds and throw almost any pitch in any count (and often throws pitches in succession, i.e., four straight breaking balls), often going against scouting reports, making it particularly hard to hit him.

Daron Sutton

For the rest of the 2012 Diamondbacks' broadcasts, he was replaced by Greg Schulte.

Sutton is also the son of former pitching great and Hall of Famer Don Sutton.

Prior to moving to Arizona, he served for five years as the television voice of the Milwaukee Brewers, and prior to coming to Milwaukee in 2002, he was one of the radio voices of the then-Anaheim Angels, working alongside current Detroit Tigers television play-by-play broadcaster Mario Impemba.



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