Tommy Hutton called his last game for the Miami Marlins on Sunday.
The longtime color analyst for Marlins baseball announced that he would be hanging up his headphones at the conclusion of the 2026 campaign before the start of the season. Game 162 was on Sunday, with the Marlins hosting the Atlanta Braves.
To celebrate his final broadcast, Hutton got a surprise visit from his former broadcast partner Rich Waltz, who had rushed over from calling a college football game at Washington State the previous night to make sure he could be on hand for Hutton’s curtain call.
In the seventh inning, Waltz cheekily snuck up behind Hutton on the broadcast before he finally noticed his surprise guest.
“Where’d you come from?” Hutton asked with a huge smile.
“Well, Pullman, Washington,” Waltz said. “I had a CBS game last night at the end of the Earth at Washington State. It was a good game.”
In a perfect bit of timing, Marlins outfielder Griffin Conine hit a home run as the two were reminiscing, giving them the chance to call one more dinger together. It was an extremely sweet moment.
You can’t make this up.@RichWaltz surprises @THUT14 on his final broadcast, and moments later Griffin Conine goes deep so they can call one more home run together. 💙 pic.twitter.com/uZBz2K896y
— Miami Marlins (@Marlins) September 27, 2026
Hutton played in the majors for more than a decade before retiring in 1981, and transitioned to a career in broadcasting soon after, with stints covering the Expos, Yankees, and Blue Jays before landing with the Marlins in 1997. He spent two decades with Miami before leaving in less-than-ideal circumstances in 2015, but rejoined the team’s broadcasts six years later, and remained in that role until Sunday.
Major credit to Waltz for taking the red eye on what has to be one of the longest domestic flights in the country and rallying to team up with Hutton one more time. The Marlins would go on to win the game 5–3.
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