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
It wasn't a very clean play right there. That was poor judgment.
I'm glad for Jim, big time. It's business as usual for me.
I'm going to talk to them all together. Come up with something before we leave from here. It might go to Sunday, but it probably won't go that far.
I'm not going to tell him to be careful. I'm just going to tell him to play.
It's still a work in progress a little bit.
It's something we talked about. Again, the decision is up to the player. There's quite a bit of pressure on these guys, especially the guys from Latin America more than anybody because of the magnitude and importance of baseball in those areas.
It's similar to what happened last year. We'll see today. It's sort of out of our control some.
It's not a concern. It's something we have to continue -- and he has to continue -- to address without losing his competitiveness. He's the one who has to get it. A kid, you can spank a kid. He's a little too big to spank.
Everyone in town and the whole team knows what's at stake.
Everybody was a rookie at some time. They've all had starts now; they all know what it's about.
Hey, you can't pick where you put them. I try to protect my guys the best I can. If you're in the big leagues, you're under fire every day, no matter who you're playing. Haven't I said all spring I was looking for a surprise?
I try to protect the young guys as best I can, but at the same time, if you're in the big leagues, you're in the fire every day no matter who you're playing.
We're almost there. We've got to play through .500, not up to .500.
That was great pitching from both sides. You know Harden is one of the top young pitchers in the American League. We had a couple guys out there who were dealing.