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 progressing like we've said. You can't believe reports unless it comes from us. If it doesn't come from us, it doesn't count.
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.
I don't really spend a lot of time thinking back, but it means a lot that my son is here to see this. He never saw me play and is starting to ask about my career.
I don't know if we've lit him up. We've beaten him. That's all that matters. If there was something, I wouldn't tell you because he'd fix it. Right now they want wins and we need them.
I don't know if we've lit him up but we've beaten him and that's all that matters. So even if there was something I wouldn't tell you because he would correct it, you know what I mean?
I don't know if anybody is going to pitch that long. That's No. 1. He's a great competitor, a great guy and a great teammate.
I don't know. Joe Morgan could play. Both of them could play. I can't touch that (question).
He struggled some last season. He made some mistakes he doesn't usually make, and they didn't miss them. He's in great shape.
He struggled early on and made a couple of young mistakes, ... The last two innings, the sixth and seventh, were when he threw the best.
He strained something in his arm the other day doing double plays. He's just trying to take it easy. We're trying to get everybody out of here healthy.
He throws strikes, he's not afraid. He doesn't pitch away from the bat. He knows how to pitch. He has three good pitches. He's still trying to get a feel of his breaking ball some. He's been impressive. It's the first time I've seen him and I like what I see.
He's working his butt off trying to get back. He always works. He's trying to get back and help us. I'm sure it's eating him up not to be out there.
He threw a ton of pitches. He threw a lot of near strikes, and he wasn't sharp. We thought that was the time to get him out of there.
He's the only player I've ever had who checks books out of my library in my office. This guy can read a book in about 15 minutes I think. He checks them out. He takes the jacket off, leaves the jacket, then puts it back on when he comes back.