Quotes by Dusty Baker

“...the endings gonna be great. Thats what Im convinced of.”

“You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.”

“Now with as much parity as there is now if you gain a couple of key players and remain healthy you can go from worst to first now.”

“Its too early for me [to give up on the season],”

“I just hope my army is sharp.”

“First I have to see him out of the bullpen. I do know Ryan Dempster is my closer.”

“Ive never seen anything like that.”

“Our greatest cause of concern would be day-after-night games,”

“It could be anything, ... Preferably, its a six-inning arm, but we dont know. It could be a couple of innings.”

“Ive got a year and some change (remaining) on my contract. Ive never not honored a contract in my entire life. I didnt sign here for four years to be thinking about going somewhere else.”

“It was hard real hard. Rem was great about it. Hes a real pro.”

You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.