Dusty Baker
Dusty Baker
Johnnie B. "Dusty" Baker, Jr.is an American Major League Baseball manager and former player. He is currently the manager for the Washington Nationals. He enjoyed a 19-year career as a hard-hitting outfielder, primarily with the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers. He helped the Dodgers to pennants in 1977 and 1978 and to the championship in 1981. He then enjoyed a 20-year career as a manager with the San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, and now Washington Nationals. He...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth15 June 1949
CityRiverside, CA
CountryUnited States of America
When you first come up, you want to get some hits,
There are a couple games, but all in all, I can't chastise them for not focusing and concentrating. I know when things are going poorly, it's a little more difficult to concentrate. We're just not getting it done.
We've got to get our bullpen shored up and do what we can until we get our big boys back.
We've got to do what we can until the big boys get back with our starting pitching. Hopefully, we'll do better when we get home.
With only five extra men, you try to save them in case you get back in the game.
Without his 5-0, we wouldn't be close to where we are. He's not gloating or reveling over what he's done, he just continues to do what he's doing.
Without his 5-0, we wouldn't be close to where we are.
When we hit it hard, it was right at somebody. He (Lowe) got strike one low and away. He had good stuff today.
When we hit it hard, it was right at somebody,
We all feel responsible. Sometimes the players have to take some of the responsibility, too. It's the responsibility of all of us, coaches, players, everybody.
We all turn in a roster and see how it matches up.
To me, and he may not like it, but I point to him all the time as the way to be. It's not his personality to accept that, but I single him out, which I don't do that often. I say, 'Hey, this is how you want to go about your business. This is how you want to perform. This is how you want to work on fielding, hitting, bunting, everything.
We have a couple of guys already in the process of being developed. You just have to choose one that's the best, and...
There have been times in my career when they couldn't find anything and it still hurt, and there were times when there wasn't anything and it was something. We hope it ends up nothing, like it's been.