Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker is the man of the moment as he’s back in the World Series for the first time since 2002 when he managed the San Francisco Giants.
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Baker’s feat makes it the third World Series appearance in five seasons for Houston.
Baker is doing his second season as the Astros’ manager. He is the second-oldest manager to win a pennant at age 72.
Dusty Baker, who managed the Cincinnati Reds from 2008 to 2013, made it to the World Series with a 5-0 win Friday night in Game 6 of the best-of-seven American League Championship Series.
The only time Baker reached the World Series in 2002 with the San Francisco Giants as a manager, the Giants lost the World Series to the Anaheim Angels in seven games.
Baker won a World Series championship as a player with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1981.
See reactions from some prominent sports personalities:
Dusty Baker:
78 postseason games, most by anyone to never win a World Series (yet!) and 5th-most postseason games managed overall
1,987 regular-season wins, 12th-most overall and most without a WS title (again…as of now!)
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) October 23, 2021
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Dusty Baker will be 72 years & 133 days old on Tuesday for World Series Game 1, the second-oldest manager to reach the Fall Classic behind only Jack McKeon in 2003 (72 y, 329 d on Game 1)
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) October 23, 2021
Dusty Baker becomes the 9th manager to win pennants in each league. Leyland, La Russa, Sparky and Maddon are among the others.
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) October 23, 2021
19 years since he last managed in the World Series, Dusty Baker is FINALLY headed back
Only manager to go longer between consecutive World Series appearances: Bucky Harris –1925 with the Senators, then 1947 with the Yankees
(h/t @EliasSports)
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) October 23, 2021
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