Go behind the scenes of Dusty Baker's historic 2,000th career victory as an MLB manager, courtesy of BNightengale.
Baker, given a champagne toast by Astros veteran Lance McCullers immediately after the game, talked for 13 ½ minutes at the press conference, retreated to his office, where the Hall of Fame and the Astros asked for nearly everything on his body to be authenticated. He gave them his wrist bands, jersey, cap, lineup card, and yes, even his toothpicks.
Catcher Martin Maldonado walked in, congratulated him, and nodded his head when Baker told him he would not be in the lineup Wednesday. “Hey, you’re the boss,’’ Maldonado said. Dan Firova, Baker’s quality control coach and close friend, stopped in and Baker handed him one of his bottles of Dom Perignon to take home to his wife. The 2008 Dom Perignon Vintage, signed by each player with a gold marker with the inscription, “Congratulations. 2000 Wins’’ was going home with Baker.
“I’ve been on many teams,’’ Baker says. “I’ve been in the Marines, but I’ve never been in the club. Quite frankly, there were times when I never wanted to be in the club. But I’m in a club with some of the most elite managers that ever managed this game.’’ During the game, Melissa and Baker’s friends were too nervous to really eat. Melissa had only a soda and box of popcorn during the 3-hour game. The only time she took her eye off the field was checking her cell phone to see how their son, Darren Baker, was doing for the Class A Wilmington Blue Rocks. She believed in karma when Darren hit the game-winning sacrifice fly in the 10th inning to beat Bowling Green.
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