Baker: 'It's not easy being Homer'
Published 3/11/2008 by Mark Sheldon at Major League Baseball News
This may be the first spring Dusty Baker has ever laid eyes on pitcher Homer Bailey, but the Reds manager has witnessed plenty of Homer Baileys throughout his years in the game.
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