Here is a transcript of Dusty Baker's news conference leading into today's Game 5. It is courtesy of MLB. October 11, 2012 An interview with: DUSTY BAKER Q. I like your shirt. DUSTY BAKER: Thank you. Q. I'm curious, you've been in elimination games a number of [...]
October 6, 2012 Q. You mentioned your diet yesterday. Did you eat well last night? DUSTY BAKER: I ate great. I ate some Filipino food last night and it was great. Thank you. Q. I know John Shay wrote about "coming home." Is there something special about [...]
During a commercial on Comcast on Tuesday I talked to Brian Sabean about Dusty Baker's health -- an irregular heart beat and a mild stroke. Sabean told me he had phoned Dusty Monday night and they spoke a long time. Sabean said he feels confident Dusty will be OK. "He's [...]
This is about Dusty Baker vs. Bruce Bochy, but it's really about old-style baseball managers vs. new-style. I prefer old style -- Baker, etc. -- in a specific way, but I am not criticizing Bochy --a new style guy. Got that? The Reds were in SF over the weekend and [...]
You have got to watch this video. Excuse me but it's unique. Thursday morning Grant tracked down Dusty Baker -- yes, that Dusty Baker -- in Goodyear, Ariz. where the Reds train. He filmed a video of Dusty, a known music lover, talking about his favorite singer, rapper, music club [...]
The Giants honor their own. Dusty Baker is here for Game 4, sitting next to Bill Neukom. Also here are Matt Williams, Robby Thompson and Will Clark. The Giants honor their history by honoring living breathing former players and managers. That's something to like.
Dusty Baker was here for three games with his contending Reds. Talk about a homecoming. I didn't go to the first two games but Wednesday (today) was an early game so I went to his office to say hello. Michael Duca already was there. In the next few minutes, Marty [...]
Lowell Cohn, retired columnist for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, covered sports for almost 40 years and never ran out of things to say.