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A lesson learned: never count out Dusty Baker.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
SAN JOSE, Calif. _ I was wrong about the Giants.
And the Houston Astros.
And the New York Mets.
I predicted the Giants would repeat their park-filling performance of 2001, contending, but not winning. I foresaw another 90 wins, a near-miss finish two games back of Arizona _ and six or eight shy of the Astros and Mets in the wild-card race.
The Giants finished 2 { back of the division-winning Diamondbacks. But _ knock me over with a Shinjo bobblehead _ the Giants went 95-66 and finally broke the Los Angeles Dodgers' spirit for the wild card. The Astros fired in August and fell back in September. The Mets went up in early smoke.
Again and again the Giants teetered, looking old and tired of one another. As late as Aug. 18, after losing three in a row at Florida, this team came off as a collection of joyless mercenaries who had realized they couldn't trust their ...
- A moving leader; Ousted by the Giants, embraced by the Cubs, Dusty Baker stands...
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Bryant, Howard March 23, 2003 700+ words
...Bryant PHOENIX - Dusty Baker managing the Chicago...how much respect Dusty Baker commands in baseball...the San Francisco Giants belied a decade...Baker and the Giants were synonymous...Quite simply, Dusty Baker is generally considered...
- The Dusty Baker Issue tops Giants list.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Roderick, Joe October 11, 2000 700+ words
...season and 13 others whom the Giants own the contract rights to...champs. Then there's the Dusty Baker matter. Baker's eight-year run as Giants manager could expire Dec...Baker will return to the Giants. Game 1 of the World Series...
- Giants begin new era without Dusty Baker.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Roderick, Joe November 7, 2002 700+ words
While former Giants manager Dusty Baker spoke with Chicago Cubs...early next week, the Giants faced their first day...Bud Black, a former Giant, also could be considered...who managed in the Giants' minor-league system...
- Can Dusty Baker do it again? After reviving the San Francisco Giants, now he's...
- Magazine article from: Ebony Leavy, Walter September 1, 2003 700+ words
MAKE no mistake about it, Dusty Baker is among the rarified ranks of those...Dusty had led the San Francisco Giants to last year's World Series, he...more games than they were losing. "Dusty Baker knows how to treat people. He...
- Dusty Baker regrets how departure from Giants was handled.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Roderick, Joe December 12, 2002 700+ words
...than a month since the Giants severed ties with manager Dusty Baker, but the awkward parting...Baker wondered why the Giants waited so long to cut...no ill will on the Giants. His wife, Melissa...If he wants to be a Giant fan, he can be that...
- Dusty Baker to remain with Giants.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Roderick, Joe October 19, 2000 700+ words
Members of the Giants' organization breathed a collective sigh of relief when Dusty Baker decided at about 5:30...deadline a night away, the Giants brought back the winningest...out his welcome" with the Giants and pondered a job change...
- Bad memories for Dusty Baker in Giants' dramatic loss.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Brown, Daniel August 27, 2000 700+ words
...it took half a second for Dusty Baker's mind to travel back 11...think of Bobby Dernier," the Giants' manager said. Dernier hit...Philadelphia Phillies past the Giants on May 15, 1989. It was a...10-inning victory over the Giants at Veterans Stadium. "I...
- Baseball: Dusty Baker to leave the Giants.
- News wire article from: Sports Network November 7, 2002 700+ words
...Network) - The San Francisco Giants announced that manager Dusty Baker is leaving the team. Baker...on Wednesday. Baker led the Giants to the World Series this season...Anaheim Angels in seven games. Giants general manager Brian Sabean...
