Thats a very good career.
But beyond that, Dusty is connected to so much of baseballs history.
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Outside the game, Baker is a man of broad tastes.
Walk into his office, and Miles Davis might be playing, but so too might the Allman Brothers.
In fact, he was convinced it would keep him out of the Hall of Fame.
Then came a positive that grew out of the 2017 Houston Astros cheating scandal.
And at age 73, he became the oldest man ever to manage a World Serieswinning team.
After the Game 7 loss to the Rangers, Dusty announced his retirement.
During the 2022 World Series, Justin Verlander posed a rhetorical question and then answered it himself.
Who is cooler than Dusty Baker?
And how cool was it that this great citizen of the game finally reached baseballs summit?
