VIERA, Fla. – Dusty Baker dug into his bag and pulled out a datebook. It overflowed with scraps of paper, phone numbers, reminders, memorable quotes and other lagniappes from a life that had grown too busy for an organizer to contain. Tucked amid the chaos was a photograph. He looked at it longingly.
It’s a piece of land, empty but for a too-perfect rainbow that bathes it. Trees swathe the edges. The ocean smiles from below. Baker owns the place, five acres on the southern coast of Kauai, near the Lawai International Center, where he goes when he needs to think.