Article: Baker won't play the feud with Giants brass; But Cubs manager out to `kick butt' dduring return to San Francisco

Dusty Baker has the Cubs off to a solid start as they arrive in San Francisco, but his former team hasn't missed a beat with a National League-best 18-6 record.

SAN FRANCISCO -- There is a good Dusty Baker and a thuggish Dusty Baker. At least that's what the Cubs manager said in evaluating his own temperament.

When Baker returns today to San Francisco, where he reveled last October while leading the Giants to the World Series and cried last November when he severed a long-festering relationship with Giants owner Peter Magowan, he expects the good Dusty to shine through. Baker plans to focus on his strong ties to the Giants fans, who came to love him during his 10 years managing the team, and ...

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