Dusty Baker got his first coaching job with the Giants under Roger Craig, who died Sunday...
Former Giants manager Roger Craig waves his cap to the fans as he walks off the field with Dusty Baker in the Giants' final home game at Candlestick Park in 1999.TORONTO — Dusty Baker has had one of the most storied careers of any manager in baseball history, having managed in nearly 4,000 games, winning more than 2,100 of them, including his first World Series last November with the Astros.
Baker said that coaching lesson came from something Craig told him that angered Baker at the time, but he later learned was what he needed to hear. He said early in his coaching career, Craig told him he was"acting like an executive coach." Baker said it came from him thinking he already was better at his job than he was.
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