Rich Waltz
| Rich Waltz | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 22, 1962 Martinez, California |
| Residence | Coral Springs, Florida |
| Nationality |
 United States
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| Education |
University of California, Davis, 1986 Los Medanos College |
| Occupation |
play-by-play announcer baseball, basketball, & football |
| Employer | Miami Marlins, Fox Sports |
Rich Waltz (born October 22, 1962 in Martinez, California) is the current television play-by-play commentator for Miami Marlins baseball and College football & basketball for CBS Sports Network, CBS Sports, and FS1. He currently works with Preston Wilson, Eduardo Perez, and Al Leiter on Marlins telecasts on Fox Sports Florida (Waltz worked previously with Tommy Hutton).
The 2017 season will be Waltz's 13th year as the television play-by-play Voice of the Marlins on FOX Sports Florida/Sun Sports and his 24th consecutive year covering Major League Baseball. The past three seasons Waltz has called games on Fox's Saturday Baseball package, and in 2011 he filled in on MLB Network's Thursday Night Baseball coverage. Waltz has called two World Baseball Classics for MLB Network; in 2013 he partnered with Buck Martinez and called two rounds of the WBC in Japan. In 2009 with Jim Kaat, Waltz called two of international baseball's biggest upsets in the WBC as the Netherlands downed the Dominican Republic twice.
Waltz joined FSN Florida from FSN Northwest. He has also called Major League Baseball games for Fox, ESPN, ESPN Radio, and FX nationally along with the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays broadcasts on CBC Television in Canada. Additionally, Waltz has called four no-hitters including Aníbal Sánchez's no-hitter in September 2006 and Roy Halladay's perfect game on May 29, 2010, and Henderson Alvarez's no-hitter against the Detroit Tigers on the final game of the 2013 Major League Baseball season. He has also called Carlos Delgado's four homerun game.
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