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
We had Roger in trouble a couple of times, but we managed only one run. Roger knows how to pitch, and he knows how to win.
The throw wasn't high enough to do that. But we want our guys to be aggressive on the bases. He knows he made a mistake on that one.
We haven't discussed that, and they're in the playoffs, ... Who knows when they'll finish? It could be the middle of September.
The Angels are a team that doesn't quit. They have a fundamentally sound team defensively, offensively, good team speed, good young bullpen that nobody knows that much about, ... And young pitchers, which is to their advantage, and most people don't know that much about them.
Everyone in town and the whole team knows what's at stake.
Walker is probably the front-runner for that position. But he knows he has some competition for that job.
Everybody knows something, and nobody knows everything.
When you're not scoring runs, you're always trying to find a way. Jacque knows he messed up, though it doesn't matter now.
You still play hard, which is the only way he knows how to play. But you just make sure you play smart along with it.
Roger knows how to pitch and he definitely knows how to win,
He takes, he doesn't strike out a lot, plus he knows how to play the game.
He knows himself and how much he needs.
I'll just take the same. Everybody asked if last year was a career year. I don't believe in career years. Once you do it once and find your formula, you should be able to do similar. He knows what he's doing now. He has an idea. He knows how to make adjustments quickly. He's very consistent. He recognizes very quickly what the opposition is trying to do to him and he knows his own limitations.
He's one of the premier leadoff men in the game. Anybody that follows baseball knows it's tougher to find a good leadoff man than a good power hitter. We're very, very excited to have Juan Pierre.