LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. -- Most baseball fans remember Darren Baker in one enduring image from the 2002 World Series -- a 3-year-old bat boy trotting to home plate, only to be scooped up by a quick-thinking J.T. Snow and whisked out of harm's way.
If Darren -- the son of Nationals manager Dusty Baker -- has anything to say about it, he still has a larger legacy to weave on the baseball field.
"He's heard about it a thousand times," said Dusty Baker, who was managing the Giants against the Angels in Game 5 when Darren prematurely left the dugout to pick up Kenny Lofton's bat.