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
is in the process of making a decision. We should have an answer in a couple of days. It's not about Kerry as much as about where we are realistically.
I've been going through this for a long time, either chasing somebody or being chased. This is the most fun part of the year. You derive energy from it. When you're in the race and have something to play for, you have some energy. I enjoy it a lot. This is what I manage for.
I've been perceived in more false ways since I've been in Chicago. Perception doesn't bother me.
It wouldn't send me a message. It's his career. It's not my career.
It wouldn't be the worst thing to get rained out today. It's hard to root against the water they need here.
I understand how they feel. I was sitting there last year seeing things I haven't seen since junior high school. I completely agree with them.
It was very symbolic. It seems likes we get in that situation and we don't get anything. It's very frustrating. We had a great chance to win that game.
It was a perfect scenario, too -- day game after night game.
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.
Running is the hard part. It's getting close to having to make a decision.
Right now, we're very satisfied with where he is. If something was to happen with his knee, this was prime time to have it happen.
Pressure is what you put on yourself. You can't do anything about what the Sox did. And you can't do anything about the last year of your contract.
Probably not. Once you hurt something badly, you know how to pace yourself. Is that helping his cause? You don't know. He really hasn't had a situation yet where he has had the need to go full-out.
D-Lee is still finding his stroke. When those guys really start swinging, we'll have a very potent offense. Our offense is pretty good. We just have to cut those walks down.