Article: Baker, Cubs really in this mess together.(Sports)

Article: Cubs, Baker odd coupling It's an attractive idea if ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  November 19, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Dusty Baker and the Cubs. I'm getting used to the idea. But I'm having trouble ... to his paycheck. It's more complicated when it comes to Baker and the Cubs. Because Baker's former team, the San Francisco Giants, won 95 games ...

Article: Baker's time with Cubs may be up Cubs Update
Courier News (Elgin, IL);  June 23, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... will be the final weeks of Dusty Baker's tenure as Cubs manager. It might be perceived ... return to the full complement of Cubs. Baker has long desired that sense of ... this year or ever again for the Cubs - so Baker will have to make do with a hoped ...

Article: Cubs represent ultimate challenge for aging' Baker
Chicago Sun-Times;  November 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... sales pitch that the Cubs are an up- and-coming franchise, Baker will do the same ... Hendry also will ask Baker about whom he would ... coaches, and former Cub Gary Matthews Sr ... put on the table as Baker's probable hitting ... year deal with the Cubs. Giants bench coach ...

Article: Cubs finally manage to get Dusty Patience pays off as ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  November 16, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... to shift to third to fill the Cubs' need, but Baker insisted he can play there ... important role in convincing Baker that the Cubs were a team to consider. Baker ... the same page." As for the Cubs, Baker felt their love. "You got to ...

Article: Done with Cubs, Baker heads for home after `very ...
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  October 2, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... were two words: "Go Cubs." That small taste ... was but one memory Baker will take home to ... played-out rumor in Cubs history finally became ... Hendry announced that Baker's contract as manager ... years after taking the Cubs to the brink of a World Series, Baker watched his team finish ...

Article: Cubs' Baker Returns to San Francisco
AP Online;  April 28, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... face Baker and the Cubs. When he packed up in San Francisco, Baker left a good-luck ... outfielder for the Cubs. There's a lot ... a Giant-turned-Cub pitcher. He'll ... sits in the Chicago Cubs' dugout and talks with Cubs' manager Dusty Baker prior to their spring ...

Article: Cubs, Baker remain upbeat despite Central deficit
Naperville Sun, The (IL);  July 9, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Series in recent years just to make the Cubs feel better. Cubs manager Dusty Baker knows the conventional wisdom that the ... perennially have finished strong." It is to Baker's credit that the sweep the Cubs suffered in Milwaukee this week marked ...