The Giants are hiring Dusty Baker as a special assistant, reports Bob Nightengale of USA Today (X link). He’ll add an experienced voice to work with president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi; Nightengale adds that Baker will also assist CEO Larry Baer on certain business operations.
It’s an unsurprising development. Baker revealed last month that he was in talks with the Giants about some kind of non-coaching role. It allows the baseball lifer to remain involved with the game in a less demanding capacity than the managerial position in Houston from which he stepped down after the 2023 campaign. Changing teams also allows Baker to work closer to his home in Sacramento.
Baker is plenty familiar with the Giants. He managed for a decade in San Francisco, winning a trio of Manager of the Year honors along the way. Baker led the Giants to an 840-715 showing from 1993-2002. He helmed them to an NL pennant in ’02. Baker capped off what’ll very likely be a Hall of Fame career when he led Houston to a World Series in 2022.
Dusty can’t afford to defer anything at his age.
Welcome back, Dusty.
Talk about a shocker, best free agent signing by the Giants in years! Arson Judge probably is #2!
@99captain That joke’s pretty worn out. Bet you don’t get invited to many parties!
Never trust a skinny chef, always trust a Dusty Baker
The skinny chef maxim is 99.99% true. I once knew a skinny chef. His name was Clarence. 6 ft 3, 165lbs and the man could cook. Pretty sure he is the only one out there though. I’ve never met a baker.
Those big busted dusty Mexican ladies at the bakeries that’s where you wanna get your bread from
Shadow banned, You ain’t lying friendo. I live in East L.A., I know.
Busty bakers with dusty loaves?
= Perfect Bread
One of the most spot on comments I’ve read on here @Shadow_Banned
Only if you want your pitchers worn out.
Maybe he could for a trust fund or something idk? I am not an attorney
Deferred that World Championship for long enough tho amirite?
Dude Retire geeze
Dusty from my home town Sacramento, we have the giants triple a team the river cats. Had spoken how he still felt he had value and wanted to continue to work with the organization to help wherever he could specifically mentioning working with the river cats likely out of convenience.
Happy to have him back and happy he gets to still contribute where he feels he can! As someone with an older dad who sometimes searches for things to fill his time. Happy that dusty has the ability and confidence to continue doing something he’s passionate about.
Follow the money chief. Help your father find a hobby to fill his time.
Beautifully said 5TUNT1N! Go Giants!!!
Sac is a great town, unfortunately I’m not as keen on dusty as you are, I still feel the Giants should have won at least one WS when Bonds was putting on a hitting clinic for over a decade. For as much talent as those teams had Dusty should have been looking like the Belichick of Baseball, he was not. Go kings and I hope your right and I’m wrong about Dusty the dodger
Bonds and Kent were the only players above league replacement on those teams. Bonds’ situation reminds me of Trout wasting away with the Angels.
Sabean was in charge of roster construction. Braves were consistently the better team, and THEY only won one Championship.
@baberuthspiano somebody has to work bc we know you don’t.
That was my thought also, but Dusty ain’t the retiring kind, I guess. More power to him.
Definition of the word “sinecure.”
It’s like…. Sincerely secure.
It means: “Sinus Cure.”
Giants finally got their big signing!!
Welcome home dusty!
Dusty’s only World Series was like Dave Robert’s
Football Slider related. Without that pitch they have zero WS wins.
They need to give credit were due. RB Football Slider
AIMLB, I had a feeling that you were that “Roger Football Slider” guy that was posting here a few days ago. But now I am certain.
We are just going to pretend you didn’t say that…
AIMLB, let’s do so and say we didn’t..
Makes sense. Good luck Dusty!
No problems with him until that playoff game this year when he go ejected and then stalled in the dugout to ice leclerc
Always liked Dusty, as a player and a manager.
Farhan is going out. For sure
Dusty’s spittle proof toothpick hired as the special assistant to the special assistant. Contract details to be updated soon.
Dang, it’s been 20 years since that World Series when JT Snow saved Dusty Jr’s life? Wonder what he’s up to these days
He is still a bat boy last I heard. Doing good though.
Playing in the Nats minor league system.
Nightmare, Didn’t know that. Will be looking him up. Thanks 4 the info!
That wasn’t in the world series
Incorrect. It was game 5 of the 2002 WS.
Guess I was wrong, remembered it being in the nlcs for some reason
Nice! Guy’s gonna rake!
I definitely didn’t agree with his lineup choices, but he definitely was the right man at the right time for the Astros. He’s a compliment to any organization. I wish him all the best!
The Giants are welcome to him and many Astros fans are still celebrating his departure.
Yes, because they hate when you win without garbage cans? Holy cow.
He likely cost them another ring. His management last year was atrocious
Yes, because one team is always clearly the best and its always the manager who keeps them from going undefeated? Holy cow.
@whyhayzee
You’re too polite. I’d go unholy bull rather than the Hindu holy cow…
Why didn’t Chandler Rome get to break the story?
Hope not a tax consultant.
With this role, when does he become eligible for the Hall of Fame?
Now if only Dusty would replace Farhan then the Giants would be going places.
Good to have him back, maybe he will be able to talk some sense into them…
Dusty smells blood in the water … next GM after barnfire of ’24 season. Rmbr watching em as kid, used2 get seats in front of leftfield pavillion @Dodger stdm just so see em. @beginning of bttm 1st during warm-ups fans would shower packs of bubble gum onto left field cause of Dustys habit. Every home gm, nvr failed, n Dusty n sum poor ballboy would scramble round picking up all the loose gum. Talkin bout that magical 1981 WS championship season. They let us watch day playoff gms @Montreal in elementary school in lieu of schoolwork. Most teachers brought tv’s frm home. Was a diff world …
Old enough to watch the ’81 World Series but types like a 14 year old… Interesting
Woah. I felt quite bad when my Rangers destroyed his Astros in Game 7. I wish the best of luck to him.
Good luck with senile Crusty Baker, doesn’t know his ass from the bench these days.
I hope you live long enough to get the same disparaging disrespect when you’re 74.