Dusty Baker to The Rescue
The Lead
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🗓️ 5 February 2020
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The Houston Astros hired Dusty Baker to take over in the dugout just weeks after firing manager AJ Hinch in the aftermath of the team's sign stealing scandal. At 70 years old, Baker is the oldest manager in baseball, but with that comes a wealth of experience and stability the Astros desperately need. Baker is known as a players' manager and has a stellar reputation in the league. So how will he do as he inherits a team mired in controversy but also built to win the World Series? The Athletic's Brittany Ghiroli joins us to talk about Baker's hiring, his historic career as a player and manager, and why he's just what Houston needs.
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| 0:00.0 | Last week, the Houston Astros announced that they were going old school. |
| 0:12.4 | You know, this is my last last to rock. |
| 0:18.9 | And I thought my last to rock was in Washington, actually. |
| 0:22.4 | You know, this is a new beginning for me. |
| 0:26.1 | My wife's very excited. |
| 0:29.1 | Steve Baker was named the new manager of the scandal plagued Astros. |
| 0:32.9 | And at 70 years old, he becomes the oldest manager in the league. |
| 0:37.2 | He'll be paired with new GM James Click, who was hired Monday. |
| 0:41.3 | Today, the athletics Brittany Garoli, who covered Dusty Baker during his time with the Washington |
| 0:46.1 | Nationals, joins us to talk about why the team's choice for manager makes a lot of sense. |
| 0:51.5 | I've heard it from so many people already. |
| 0:54.0 | God, I hate the Astros, but man, I love Dusty Baker. |
| 0:56.7 | I can't root against them now. |
| 1:00.1 | From Wondery and the Athletic, I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 1:03.1 | And I'm Kavita Davidson. |
| 1:05.1 | It's Wednesday, February 5th, and this is the lead. |
| 1:09.1 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:13.1 | There was just something about the emotion and the heart. |
| 1:17.1 | The feeling is that the past don't matter because we've got this now. |
| 1:21.1 | You can't wait. |
| 1:23.1 | This isn't a story where you interview the athlete in the home. |
| 1:28.1 | It stays with you. |
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