Quotes of Dusty Baker - somelinesforyou

“ 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

“ We were trying everything to get him his victory. It was a great run by Greg. The guys wanted to win for him, and we left him in in the ninth to have that opportunity. ”

- Dusty Baker

“ A lot of it depends on the strength of your starting pitching. If your starting pitching is good, you won't need 12 too much. Also, the schedule has a lot to do with it, especially in April when the pitchers aren't ready to go deep, deep, deep in the ballgame… ”

- Dusty Baker

“ 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

“ You're always hoping for a no-hitter when a guy goes that deep in a ballgame. We figured it'd be Eckstein who would break it up. He's a good little ballplayer. It's hard to corral him. ”

- Dusty Baker

“ I've heard it's a greater problem in high school with young kids. Baseball is attempting to clean it up by testing. That's where it starts. It appears to be cleaner now than a couple years ago because of the testing. ”

- Dusty Baker

“ A lot of these things you shouldn't have to stress at the big-league level. That's what big leagues mean. ”

- Dusty Baker

“ It's a great problem to have. You can never have enough quality arms. You never know when somebody else might want one of your surplus arms. That could help your team out. Everybody is looking for good arms. ”

- Dusty Baker

“ I've heard it's a greater problem in high school with young kids. Baseball is attempting to clean it up by testing. That's where it starts. It appears to be cleaner now than a couple years ago because of the testing. ”

- Dusty Baker

“ You're always hoping for a no-hitter when a guy goes that deep in a ballgame. We figured it'd be Eckstein who would break it up. He's a good little ballplayer. It's hard to corral him. ”

- Dusty Baker

“ They are both great fans and they have been for years and years. It is a bit more of a social event there and here it is almost kind of like life and death. The fans are really really into it and terribly disappointed when you lose. They are very compassionate about the team and they are very knowledgeable fans here. ”

- Dusty Baker

“ You would anticipate because both teams are very high, potent, offensive teams. ”

- Dusty Baker

“ Competition sometimes will make you sharper than you believe you are. Anybody who watched those games, you could tell it was serious competition. ”

- Dusty Baker

“ We all feel responsible. Sometimes the players have to take some of the responsibility, too. It's the responsibility of all of us, coaches, players, everybody. ”

- Dusty Baker

“ They police themselves, but they don't police themselves the way we used to police ourselves. ”

- Dusty Baker

“ Usually when this stuff starts, we get the credit for it even though a lot of times it was started. ”

- Dusty Baker

“ A lot of these things you shouldn't have to stress at the big-league level. That's what big leagues mean. ”

- Dusty Baker

“ You're always hoping for a no-hitter when a guy goes that deep in a ballgame. We figured it'd be Eckstein who would break it up. He's a good little ballplayer. It's hard to corral him. ”

- Dusty Baker

“ 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

“ It seems like we have trouble keeping them in the ballpark. If we could keep them in the ballpark, it'd be different. ”

- Dusty Baker

“ They were struggling before Lee's absence. They were struggling when Lee was here. ”

- Dusty Baker

“ A lot of these things you shouldn't have to stress at the big-league level. That's what big leagues mean. ”

- Dusty Baker

“ Maybe I shouldn't have cursed. I had just given him the highest compliment last week when I said he's one of the pitchers I respect most in the league, because he doesn't clown, he doesn't showboat. He just pitches. ”

- Dusty Baker

“ It's just the last few days that he's been complaining that he can't run. Hopefully, it won't be too long. It doesn't appear too serious. ”

- Dusty Baker

“ They were struggling before Lee's absence. They were struggling when Lee was here. ”

- Dusty Baker

“ A couple balls caught too much of the plate early,... We were still in the ballgame, and we ended up giving away like four runs on defense. You can't give away runs in the big leagues. We didn't play very good defense today. ”

- Dusty Baker

“ What he gave me was a consciousness on how to do it. ”

- Dusty Baker

“ The problems starts when he throws a number of pitches. As long as we minimize his pitches, he says he feels great. ”

- Dusty Baker

“ It's just the last few days that he's been complaining that he can't run. Hopefully, it won't be too long. It doesn't appear too serious. ”

- Dusty Baker

“ He has a very consistent personality. Some guys, you can walk into the clubhouse and tell who's hot and who's not by whether they're grumpy or not. ”

- Dusty Baker
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