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- Updated: October 6, 2016
WASHINGTON — There was a time Nationals manager Dusty Baker called himself a Dodger. From 1976-83, Baker was a two-time National League All-Star, won an NL Gold Glove Award and helped Los Angeles win a World Series championship in 1981.
On Wednesday, as his team prepared for Friday’s Game 1 (5:30 p.m. ET on FS1) of the National League Division Series against the Dodgers, Baker reminisced about the time he was traded to L.A. on Nov. 17, 1975. He had been playing for the Braves and wanted out because they were not postseason contenders and had traded Baker’s mentor, Hank Aaron, to the Brewers the previous season. Baker then asked then-general manager Eddie Robinson to trade him to a West Coast team because he no longer wanted to live in the South.
Robinson responded by asking Baker, “Have you ever been to Cleveland?” In the 1970s, the Indians were far from a winning organization and players weren’t …
