Dusty Baker On His New Book + A Celebration of the Baseball Glove in MLB History

About this episode

Dusty Baker discusses his new memoir and shares insights on baseball strategy and culture.

We're a few days late with this week's episode but we have two great guests. Mark Simon was joined by former MLB manager Dusty Baker, whose new book, Crossroads, A Memoir in Baseball and Life came out this week. Mark and Dusty talked about how Hank Aaron was great at positioning the Braves outfielders, what stats Dusty kept handy in the dugout, how he used to make lineup decisions based on whether players were good low-ball hitters, why music and dancing are important in baseball, and mo...

People in this episode

Host: Mark Simon

Guest: Dusty Baker

Topics covered

• Dusty Baker
• baseball history
• MLB
• memoir
• lineup decisions
• music in baseball

Keywords

• Dusty Baker
• Crossroads
• Hank Aaron
• baseball glove
• MLB history
• lineup decisions
• music in baseball

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Crossroads, A Memoir in Baseball and Life

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