Baker's focus on defensive skills wins teammates' trust -- South Florida Sun

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Shifts
Published 7/22/2008 by photi (noreply@blogger.com) at Fish Chunks
... Treanor unselfishly works with Baker, as Matt works his way towards rehab; also, Anibal may make his final rehab start on Thursday, and Burke's still sore. (SunSentinel)

John Baker working on defense
Published 7/22/2008 by craig at FishStripes: Front Page Posts
John Baker is trying to improve his work behind the plate. John Baker didn't have to break into any offices and skim through his personnel file to find out why his professional career had stalled. --- "The knock on me in the past had always been the defensive side," he said. "So not being a Hanley Ramirez kind of an athlete, I spent a lot of time working on it in the offseason." Johnny Boy, you really didn't have to implicitly bring up Hanley's defensive short comings to make your point. But Baker ...