Dusty Baker

1. Rangers (1): How good of a team do you have to be to beat the Tigers when Miguel Cabrera hits three home runs? Texas did that after putting Ian Kinsler on the DL on Sunday. Alexi Ogando is another recent addition to the DL. 2. Cardinals (2):...

Cincinnati Reds closer Aroldis Chapman had better lay off the pastries, according to a broadcaster who claims they may have been the cause of Chapman's blown save Sunday. Philadelphia Phillies broadcaster Rickie Ricardo told Sports Radio 94 WIP in...

Carlos Marmol isn't the only struggling pitcher in the Cubs' bullpen. Setup man Shawn Camp has an earned-run average of 8.03 after giving up two runs in the seventh inning of Sunday's 7-4 loss to the Reds. "A lot of balls find holes and you get deep...

The 121-year-old Cubs-Cardinals rivalry probably peaked 10 years ago, when Dusty Baker and Tony La Russa shouted obscenities at one another from their dugouts. That was back when there was some real hatred between the teams, with beanball wars in...

Almost 10 years. That's how long it has been since the Cubs beat the Cardinals in a series that mattered, not that St. Louis fans would remember it. When Dusty Baker's 2003 team took four out of five from the Cardinals in a four-day September war that...

The Washington Nationals acquired center fielder Denard Span for his ability to hit leadoff and play defense. Saturday against Cincinnati, it was his fielding that stole the show. Span made pair of impressive catches to halt Reds rallies, Bryce Harper...

Jordan Zimmermann watched Gio Gonzalez pitch a gem for Washington, and just followed his lead. Zimmermann was terrific in his first career shutout and the Nationals limited the Cincinnati Reds to one hit for the second straight game in a 1-0 victory on...

Gio Gonzalez showed that he's better than his last two outings. After giving up 12 runs in nine innings over those two starts, Gonzalez pitched a gem on Thursday night. The right-hander held Cincinnati's powerful lineup to one hit in eight innings and...

When Manny Mota started his coaching career with the Dodgers, Dusty Baker was in left field and Jimmy Carter was in the White House. That was in 1980. The Dodgers have changed managers seven times since then, but Mota always has been the rock on the...

Johnny Cueto ordered three runs. His Cincinnati teammates dutifully delivered. The Reds pitcher came off the mound after the sixth inning of his start Sunday against the Washington Nationals with the score tied, 3-all. “I said, ‘I want three...

Ian Desmond slapped his hands together as hard as he could when he approached home plate, about to score the go-ahead run in the 11th inning. His rough day was ending with a very good moment. Desmond made two errors that helped the Cincinnati Reds...

Todd Frazier and Zack Cozart each homered twice, and the Reds hit six in all — including Xavier Paul’s pinch grand slam — while sending the Washington Nationals to their first loss of the season, 15-0 on Friday night. Washington was the...