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 got beat up pretty good today. They hit some balls hard. He was around the plate, throwing strikes. I just hope he's all right.
He expects the ball to be hit back to him and he gets in good position. He reminds me of a guy I used to play with, Fernando Valenzuela . They expect the ball to be hit back at them and they practice it. Perfect practice makes perfect results.
He looks pretty good. He says he doesn't feel anything but we still have to be cautious. If he doesn't get any headaches or dizziness, he might be ready on Wednesday. Hopefully the new helmet worked and he doesn't have any repercussions and he's OK.
He looks pretty good. He said he doesn't feel anything, but we still have to kind of be cautious today and tomorrow. ... He might be ready on Wednesday.
He looked happy. If he looks happy, there's a chance he threw the ball pretty good.
He'll tell you like it is. They told me Marquis was done when I was with the Giants four, five years ago. It's really a no-lose situation for us.
Henry did what he's supposed to do, get him back on track.
He'll get it; he'll learn. But I'd rather have that fire than I would a guy that you have to light his pilot light to get fire. You don't want to put that fire out. But instead of a raging fire, you want him to channel it like a torch.
He needs to pitch. Even though he has the skill and ability, he needs the innings. He needs to be in certain situations. He's missed more than a couple years here on and off. He needs the endurance. He needs to be in there with bases loaded with no outs and be in all kinds of situations and adverse situations. The main thing is we want him healthy, too.
He needs to hit. We want him to start hitting, and all our pitchers from now on will go as normal.
He needs a little bit of craziness to be himself. I just didn't want him to bruise his leg.
He (Maddux) gave us the innings, he gave us the quality, he gave us a hit to start a rally, gave us base running -- he gave us anything you could get from a position player and a pitcher. We needed it badly.
He loves to compete, he loves the game. He studies. I don't know anybody who studies that much in baseball. This guy is one of the best guys I can remember having on my team.
He moves the ball around and works the ball on the outside part of the plate. He throws two or three different speeds off his fastball and keeps you off balance.