Baker wiser from years at Wrigley
Published 4/16/2008 by Carrie Muskat at Major League Baseball News
Dusty Baker returns to Wrigley Field as a manager for the first time since 2006. While he learned a lot from his four years as Cubs skipper, he is not reflecting on the past, but is using these lessons to hopefully excel in Cincinnati.
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