Dusty Baker Best Quotations

He's down there to play, but we're here to win. I have to talk to Jim and figure out who's the best for us.

He loves to compete, he loves the game. He studies. I don't know anybody who studies that much in baseball. This guy is one of the best guys I can remember having on my team.

He doesn't fool around out there, does he? He gets the ball and throws it. This guy learned how to put different pressure points on the ball to make the ball move. This guy is the best I've ever seen.

I talked to him the other day, and he said that's the best he's felt. We want to continue on that same progress and not have an interruption of any kind.

We'll mix and match and do what we can. We owe it to ourselves and our paying fans to put the best team we can on the field. People want to see us win. September is right around the corner. There are probably some guys who will get called up. We'll do the best we can every day.

We'll figure it out. I don't have a set thing. We'll do what we think is best that day.

We'll take it to the end before we make our decision on who's throwing the best and what we need.

We owe it to ourselves and our paying fans to put the best team we can on the field. We'll do the best we can every day.

We owe it to ourselves, we owe it to our fans to put the best team we can on the field to try and win because people want to see us win,

To the best of my knowledge right now, nobody is leaving.

You'd think he's left-handed when you watch him throw. He's one of the best athletes I've been around. People are surprised when they see him run. This guy can fly.

(Zambrano) struggled early. He made a couple young mistakes. I guess that comes with young players. He started working his breaking ball and had them off-balance. In the sixth and seventh, he probably had his best stuff. Fortunately, we got a couple runs in the top of the seventh.

This guy is in great shape -- this is the best shape I've seen him in. Our trainers went down and checked on him. They saw him this winter. He's doing pretty good. He hasn't played baseball for awhile so we still have to break him in slowly.

This is the best ball we've played the whole year.

You spend this many days with the guys here. You live and die with them. You hate to see them go. To the best of my knowledge right now, nobody is leaving unless somebody just makes you an offer you can't refuse. Right now, they're here.

I'm trying to do something day to day to find out the best lineup. I'd prefer not to change every day.

I guess competition does bring out the best in everybody.

If you know Carlos, when was the last time you saw Carlos take it easy? This is something out of our hands. The main thing we want to do is make sure he's in the best shape. After he leaves here, he's out of our domain and control except for reports.

Everybody says, 'Play the kids, play the kids.' But I've got seven games against Houston. Against Houston, I've got to play my best team. We could have a direct impact on who goes. There's always something to play for.

It's rare to see your best player is your best citizen, too. He reminds me a lot of how Hank Aaron used to conduct himself.

I try to protect the young guys as best I can, but at the same time, if you're in the big leagues, you're in the fire every day no matter who you're playing.

You talk to him, and he's in a hurry. We're in a hurry to have him, but we don't want to do anything to set him back. I talked to him the other day, and he said that's the best he's felt after he has thrown. We want to continue on that same progress.

I just told him, 'Good luck.' He's going to try to do the best for us and the best for our country.

Hey, you can't pick where you put them. I try to protect my guys the best I can. If you're in the big leagues, you're under fire every day, no matter who you're playing. Haven't I said all spring I was looking for a surprise?

They've got some of the best hitters in the world on that team.

They've got some of the best hitters in the world on that team. We were going to have Carlos throw seven innings or 90 pitches. The 90 pitches came first.

It's one of the best trades you don't make. Walker made some fine defensive plays tonight. He's hitting the ball outstanding.

That's the best he's looked so far this spring. It's the right time for him to get it together.

We want to get him in the position to give him the best chance to make the club. He worked hard last winter. We know he can help this club. I can tell he's helping some of the young guys and the veteran guys about how to go about their business and how to play this game.