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Paul Sullivan: Dusty Baker is finally a World Series winner. And his supporters are sharing in the 73-year-old’s dream come true.

Six summers ago, I walked into a downtown Chicago hotel room to the sight of Dusty Baker ironing his pants in his boxers and a T-shirt. Baker was managing the Washington Nationals, and I had stopped by his hotel for an interview in June 2016 about his career and a budding rivalry with the Chicago Cubs. After such a painful ending in Chicago 10 years earlier, Baker really wasn’t interested in ...
Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker celebrates a World Series win with his team following Game 6 at Minute Maid Park on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022, in Houston.

Six summers ago, I walked into a downtown Chicago hotel room to the sight of Dusty Baker ironing his pants in his boxers and a T-shirt.

Baker was managing the Washington Nationals, and I had stopped by his hotel for an interview in June 2016 about his career and a budding rivalry with the Chicago Cubs.

After such a painful ending in Chicago 10 years earlier, Baker really wasn’t interested in reliving the past.

“The Cubs? It’s kind of a faint memory to me, especially when things don’t end the way you want them to end,” he said. “And the way I was booed at the end. Why would I try to remember that? Every time

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