Dusty Baker Quotes

United States, Baseball Manager
June 15, 1949

Johnnie B. "Dusty" Baker Jr. (born June 15, 1949) is an American former Major League Baseball manager and retired player. He had 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 World Series championship in 1981. He then had a 20-year career as a manager with the San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, and Washington Nationals. He led the Giants to the 2002 National League pennant and also reached the playoffs with the latter three teams.

I love my daughter, but she had me on couscous and fixed me pastas and made me eat oatmeal every morning and what else, turkey burgers, turkey bacon, and that kind of stuff. So she wants her dad to live a long time, and I do, too.

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- Time
- Long
- Live
I'm a strong man, and usually I get over hurts and it makes me stronger when I come back.

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- Strong

The fundamentals of baseball haven't changed, but how we can teach those fundamentals has. With an e-book, learning can be more rewarding and fun.

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- Book
- Fun
- Learning
Let them police themselves, and then it goes another step past them to my coaches and there a coach that is responsible for a different area and different category on the field.

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- Different
- Past
- Police
So I let them be responsible for there particular areas. Then by the time it gets to me that means that there is a problem. I have my eyes open and I need to know something about every department but you don't want to micro manage any particular department.

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- Time
- Eyes
I love sharing my knowledge of hitting with others. Now coaches and players at all levels can learn my systematic approach to hitting a baseball with more consistency, mental strength and accuracy.

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I'm not sure where my career is going here in Cincinnati.

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- Career
I'm not a guy that sits around and does nothing.

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- Guy

Everyone has a budget, I don't care who you are. But they said if we are in a pennant race in the middle of the summer they are going to get some help with added payroll.

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- Help
- Summer
The only thing that's in my control is to win ballgames and God is always taking care of me.

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- God
- Control
I love watching American League games, you know what I mean?

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- American
You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.

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- Father
- Dad
- Uncle
I think we match up with anybody because our pitching. In a short series you run your big three out there or four out there. That generally is what wins a series - pitching and defense. If we can catch the ball and not give away any runs like we do sometimes.

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- Up
I have a lot of interests.

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I love the game of baseball.

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- Game
- Baseball