Official Site of the Nationals · Mar 2, 2016
Bodley: Dusty is back, and baseball is better off for it
Dusty Baker sits down with Sam Ryan to talk about managing his first season with the Nationals and getting ready for the seasonPORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- The bus snaked through Central Florida, passing by Orlando and Lakeland and Sarasota, south on crowded I-75, before pulling into the sprawling Charlotte Sports Park.
For Dusty Baker, the end of this grueling three-hour-plus, 216-mile journey Wednesday morning was truly a beginning for what is probably the final chapter in his storied career as a baseball manager.
It was the Washington Nationals vs. the Tampa Bay Rays, a meaningless Grapefruit League opener, but a special day for Johnnie B. Baker Jr.