Official Site of the Nationals · Mar 14, 2016
Baker: Harper boasts wealth of knowledge
3/13/16: Bryce Harper chops the ball over the first baseman's head and down the line, plating Ben Revere for the first run of the gameVIERA, Fla. -- Spend enough time talking to Nationals manager Dusty Baker about baseball and he is bound to make references to a number of former players from his nearly 50 years in baseball. Sometimes he'll use households names such as Hank Aaron or Barry Bonds as an example, but he also will name drop more obscure players like Gates Brown, Jose Morales and Jay Johnstone.
Baker's references have been met with befuddled reactions from some of the players on the Nationals, but it is one of the areas in which he has come away impressed by Bryce Harper.