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Article: Dusty baker may need generous dose of good luck to end cubs' losing ways. (Warm Up Tosses).(Dusty Baker takes on the Cubs)
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- Baseball Digest
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
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WHEN DUSTY BAKER WAS ANOINTED AS THE CUBS NEW MANAGER LAST November, he was quick to squelch expectations that he single-handedly would turn the club into a season-long contender. "I'm no miracle man," he told members of the Chicago media, many of whom hailed his arrival as the answer to numerous problems that have plagued the franchise for years.
"We want to get away from the stigma that the Cubs can't win playing day baseball," Baker said. "I want to cream a positive attitude for the team and get everybody focused on winning."
And, in an effort to shift attention from himself as the savior for a club that hasn't won a pennant since 1945, he added, "My ...