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
He's in the mix possibly for long relief.
I don't like to move a lot. My last stop, I was there 15 years. My house, I've been there 15 years. I'm not crazy about moving.
These guys are getting a chance to play that they wouldn't ordinarily have. If nothing else, they're impressing us and everybody else who has seen them. In order to have a good team, in order to have a good organization, you have to be deep in certain positions.
All day it was just a matter of us cutting down on the walks. It seemed like every time we walked someone, they scored.
You can stress, but guys still have to react and do it on command,
You can sort of tell that teams are here, or teams are improved. Watch the winter deals they make ? the maturity of the young players.
You can't put your finger on it. The last couple of years we've played them tough. That's not the team you want to play every day.
You can score a lot of runs a lot of different ways. We had almost everything today but stolen bases.
I figured he would come back when we would come in - I told my wife that, ... He could have waited. I don't want him to hurt himself.
If he keeps throwing the ball like that, there'll be no problem.
If he's in long relief, that's just like starting. If he's in long relief, we have a pretty good idea as far as time to get loose and get ready. It's not like I have to hurry up and get him ready for one batter.
I certainly don't condone the things that have happened and transpired in the past. But everybody deserves a fresh start.
I can say the exact same thing about most posters on TCR if you change the word
I can remind Carlos all I want. But when you get out there against Cuba or whoever and start banging it around ... I think he'll forget exactly what I told him. That's how your competitive juices flow. If you know Carlos, when was the last time you saw Carlos take it easy?