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Dusty Baker was one cool dude, and a Hall of Fame manager

Watching the Houston Astros lose in the 2023 American League Championship Series was bittersweet for me.

I am not an Astros fan — I can’t get over their 2017 cheating scandal — so I was happy to see them lose to the eventual World Series champion Texas Rangers.

But I have always loved Astros manager Dusty Baker, who announced his retirement after the postseason. For me, it was

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