MLB: Houston Astros Manager Dusty Baker plans to retire but wants to stay involved in advisory position
MLB: Houston Astros Manager Dusty Baker plans to retire
Houston AstrosmanagerDustyBaker, whowon World Series titles as aplayerandmanagerin a Major League Baseball career spanning several decades, reportedly plans toretireon Thursday. In an interview with USA Today, the 74-year-oldmanagerwho guided the Astros to last year's World Series crown said he willretireafter 26 seasons as amanagerfollowing a 19-year career as an outfielder.
"I'm gone,"Bakertold the newspaper. "But I'll be back." Bakersaid he still wants to be involved with anMLBteam in an advisory position, but is done being amanager.
"I've still got a lot to offer. Baseball has been my life,"Bakersaid. "I have a lifetime of knowledge, much more than those who have never played the game." The Astros, who were eliminated from theMLBplayoffs on Monday with a loss to the Texas Rangers, have scheduled a news conference for Thursday.
Baker, who won a World Series crown playing for the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers, managed the San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds and Washington Nationals before being dropped in 2017.
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The Astros won the 2017 World Series but saw the achievement tainted by a sign-stealing scandal that erupted in late 2019, prompting the club to firemanagerA.J. Hinch in the wake of the controversy.
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Houston owner Jim Crane hiredBaker, who came out of retirement, in January 2020and he helped distract attention from the fact the Astros were booed and jeered as cheaters in every ballpark but their own -- in addition to keeping the club a title contender until winning his first crown as amanagerlast year.
"I'm very grateful and thankful to Jim Crane and the Houston Astros for giving me this opportunity, and to win a championship,"Bakertold USA Today. "I felt like they've been good for me, and I've been good for them."
