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
With only five extra men, you try to save them in case you get back in the game.
Without his 5-0, we wouldn't be close to where we are. He's not gloating or reveling over what he's done, he just continues to do what he's doing.
Without his 5-0, we wouldn't be close to where we are.
When we hit it hard, it was right at somebody. He (Lowe) got strike one low and away. He had good stuff today.
When we hit it hard, it was right at somebody,
We want to win. I always want to win. It's a big year for all of us, a big year for the organization, a big year for the city, a big year for the staff, me, different guys on the team. There's no more pressure than usual.
We're trying not to get that far ahead of ourselves. We're trying to take it slower versus faster. He is a rehab player. We'll analyze him and see how he feels.
We were told he would pitch sometime in that first game -- possibly.
To the best of my knowledge right now, nobody is leaving.
We owe it to ourselves, we owe it to our fans to put the best team we can on the field to try and win because people want to see us win,
We owe it to ourselves and our paying fans to put the best team we can on the field. We'll do the best we can every day.
We've been doing whatever we can to shore ourselves up. Matt's had some pretty good years and we hope he can come over here and rejuvenate our offense.
We've been doing whatever we can to shore ourselves up, ... Matt's had some pretty good years and we hope he can come over here and rejuvenate our offense.
We were really watching him this time, that why we took him out so early.