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Dusty Baker can relate to path Joe Maddon has Cubs on now
- Updated: May 6, 2016
10:23 AM ET
CHICAGO – Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon and Washington Nationals skipper Dusty Baker are piloting the top teams in the National League. They don’t know each other very well, but they have a lot in common as both are considered players’ managers who know how to connect.
“I can relate to almost anybody,” Baker said Thursday before falling to Maddon’s Cubs. “They know I like to win. I expect my teams to put in the work to be competitive.”
Baker followed Maddon in the interview room to speak to reporters before their teams squared off for a four-game series to determine bragging rights in the National League.
Dusty Baker and Joe Maddon, who guide two of the best teams in the NL, have the respect of their players. Getty Images
The Cubs took Game 1, as they also have a manager who knows how to bring a group together.
“Trust is No. 1,” Maddon has said often. “They have mine. I have to earn theirs.”
Baker had that trust of both Chicago and his players in 2003 when he nearly guided the Cubs to the World Series in his first year managing the team. He got …
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