DUSTY BAKER RUMORS & GOSSIP
Reds surge toward top in new MLB power rankings
Cincinnati is the biggest winner in ESPN's newly released MLB Power Rankings.
Apparently, the pollsters were impressed with the six-game winning streak the Reds strung together in the past week. That streak came to an end in Philadelphia over the weekend, though, as the Reds dropped two of three from the feisty Phillies.
Nonetheless, Dusty Baker...
Quotes from weekend series against Phillies
Back-to-back home runs from two of the most unlikely suspects was the difference between the Reds winning and losing the series against Philadelphia over the weekend.
Both homers came off Aroldis Chapman in the bottom of the ninth Sunday. It marked the first time in 157 career appearances that Chapman had allowed two home runs in the same game.
Despite the heart-breaking loss...
Reds off day quotes and notes
The Redlegs took care of business this weekend by sweeping the Brewers in a three-game series at Great American Ball Park. It was a great showing by Dusty Baker's club as they smothered Milwaukee with timely hitting, excellent defense, and good pitching. They will look to build on the positive momentum when they visit Miami beginning Tuesday night.
The Marlins are reeling...
Reds showing off the defense
CINCINNATI Dusty Baker is fond of saying that offense is fun and defense is hard work.And we all know what hard work does. As they say, it pays off.If you are going to win, you have to play defense, said the Cincinnati Reds manager. All people look at is offense. But if you give away outs, it is going to cost you. Take away outs (great plays to take away hits) is big-time to your...
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A hazard of the game
CINCINNATI Dusty Baker calls it part of the perils and dangers of the game because, in reality, the pitcher is a target for any good hitter.
Baker was talking about the possibilities of a pitcher getting hit with a line drive, a subject brought to the forefront Tuesday when Toronto pitcher J.A. Happ was wheeled off the field after Tampa Bays Desmond Jennings lined one off Happs...
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Baker closing in on managerial milestone
CINCINNATI Dusty Baker learned a lesson a long time while playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He learned it from a pretty good source.
I was told a long time ago dont start looking at your accolades, said the Reds manager. Dont look until youre through.
Baker got the advice from Sadaharu Oh, the man who has hit more home runs than any other professional player on the planet....
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ESPN writer questions Dusty Baker's late-game decision
Our beloved Redlegs put an end to their dreaded 5-game losing skid Monday night with a 4-2 win over the Phillies. But there was a point in the game when it appeared as if the Reds might be heading toward a sixth consecutive loss.
That moment came in the top of the eighth inning when Bronson Arroyo ran into trouble. Up until that point, Arroyo had hurled a gem, essentially blanking...
Isn’t It Time The Cincinnati Reds Considered Parting Ways With Dusty Baker?
The time has come for the Cincinnati Reds to part ways with the team’s manager Dusty Baker. I thought after her let his team blow it in the play-offs last season that the ownership of the Reds would make the move and get rid of Baker. Now, in his latest embarrassment to the sports,Baker refused to shake hands with Kirk Gibson over a dispute about using a D.H. in a spring training...
BAD BLOOD
Baker won't shake Gibson's hand?
Stemming from a pregame argument over the use of the DH, Reds skipper Dusty Baker refused to shake D-Backs manager Kirk Gibson's hand after Monday's game.
Dusty Baker had a stroke
The Cincinnati Reds released today what had kept manager Dusty Baker away from the team for so long. As everyone feared, it was more than just an irregular heartbeat. Baker had a stroke on Friday.
While in Chicago on Wednesday, Reds manager Dusty Baker was admitted to Northwestern Memorial Hospital and diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, commonly referred to as an irregular heartbeat...
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