For so many historic MLB moments, Dusty Baker was there

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Dusty Baker's managerial career officially ended Thursday, with a news release and news conference and all the trimmings that come with the end of a career of one of the rarefied few who reach a place of accomplishment as distinctive as Baker.

Yet even that felt somewhat inadequate, as if the occasion should have been marked by a national holiday or a Martin Scorsese documentary. There simply has been no one like Dusty Baker in baseball -- or most any other sport.

"This isn't a goodbye, it's simply a 'see you later,'" Baker said, telling reporters that he wants to remain active in baseball. Thankfully, we can be sure we haven't heard the last from Baker, even…