Friday BP: Dusty Baker to return to Giants

Good morning, baseball fans!

Earlier this week, it was announced that former San Francisco Giants manager Dusty Baker will be returning to the organization where he got his coaching start, this time as a special adviser to baseball operations, working on both the baseball and business side of things.

Baker started his coaching career with the Giants in 1988, where he served as first base coach. His goal at the time was to get a managing role within five years, or move on. He soon became the hitting coach, and then was named manager in 1993. His promotion was quickly followed by the Barry Bonds signing. And Baker served as manager until 2002. (We don’t need to think about the end of that time…