Quotes by Dusty Baker - Page 1

I have a lot of interests.
Dusty Baker / Baseball Manager
Lot
Interests
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I'm not a guy that sits around and does nothing.
Dusty Baker / Baseball Manager
Doe
Guy
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Everyone has a budget, I don't care who you are.
Dusty Baker / Baseball Manager
Budgets
Care
Payroll
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Everybody knows something, and nobody knows everything.
Dusty Baker / Baseball Manager
Knows
Nobody Knows
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I'm not sure where my career is going here in Cincinnati.
Dusty Baker / Baseball Manager
Careers
Not Sure
Cincinnati
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I love watching American League games, you know what I mean?
Dusty Baker / Baseball Manager
Games
League
Mean
American League
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That's what baseball is all about right there, a matter of will.
Dusty Baker / Baseball Manager
Baseball
Matter
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The only people I ever felt intimidated by in my whole life were Bob Gibson and my Daddy.
Dusty Baker / Baseball Manager
Bob
Daddy
People
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I'm a strong man, and usually I get over hurts and it makes me stronger when I come back.
Dusty Baker / Baseball Manager
Men
Hurt
Strong
Strong Man
Come
Me
Get
Back
Hurts
Over
Makes
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The only thing that's in my control is to win ballgames and God is always taking care of me.
Dusty Baker / Baseball Manager
Ballgame
Care
Winning
God Me Care
The Only Thing
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When you have an opportunity to take the lead and you don't, most of the time something bad happens.
Dusty Baker / Baseball Manager
Opportunity
Happens
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You don't want to get beat, number one, and you hate getting shutout, number two, and even worse, no hits.
Dusty Baker / Baseball Manager
Baseball
Hate
Two
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That's the reality of it. Everybody has a big two or three. The health of those big two or three ... there's a lot riding on it.
Dusty Baker / Baseball Manager
Reality
Riding
Two
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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.
Dusty Baker / Baseball Manager
Baseball
Book
Fun
Fundamentals
Rewarding
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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.
Dusty Baker / Baseball Manager
Sports
Don't Care
Payroll
Race
Summer
Added
Budget
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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.
Dusty Baker / Baseball Manager
Sports
Past
Police
Category
Area
Coach
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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.
Dusty Baker / Baseball Manager
Uncles
Dad
Father
Roles
Teammate
Uncle
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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.
Dusty Baker / Baseball Manager
Accuracy
Baseball
Coaches
Consistency
Hitting
Levels
Player
Systematic
Mental
Sharing
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I love my daughter, but she had me on couscous and fixed me pastas and made me eat oatmeal every morning. Turkey burgers, turkey bacon and that kind of stuff. She wants her dad to live a long time, and I do, too.
Dusty Baker / Baseball Manager
Daughter
Morning
Mother
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On-base percentage is great if you can score runs and do something with that on-base percentage. Clogging up the bases isn't that great to me. The problem we have to address more than anything is the home run problem.
Dusty Baker / Baseball Manager
Running
Home
Clogging Up
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I think walks are overrated unless you can run... If you get a walk and put the pitcher in a stretch, that helps. But the guy who walks and can't run, most of the time they're clogging up the bases for somebody who can run.
Dusty Baker / Baseball Manager
Running
Clogging Up
Thinking
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Managers are never 100 percent in control. You're at the mercy of the players. When you're a player, you're driving. I'm the navigator. I hardly ever think about driving anymore, unless there's two out in the bottom of the ninth.
Dusty Baker / Baseball Manager
Player
Thinking
Two
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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.
Dusty Baker / Baseball Manager
Daughter
Fixed
Oatmeal
Love Time Morning
Bacon
Turkey
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It's like fishing -- you got to get that first one in the boat. Once you get that first one, the skunk is off the boat and everything's cool from then on. You've got to get that first one. Once he gets the first one, I know he'll be fine.
Dusty Baker / Baseball Manager
Boat
Firsts
Fishing
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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.
Dusty Baker / Baseball Manager
Sports
Department
Eye
Manage
Mean
Particular
Time Eyes Me
By The Time
Micro
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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.
Dusty Baker / Baseball Manager
Running
Sports
Defense
Pitching
Series
Winning
Ball
Catch
Generally
Match
Runs
Wins
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