Cubs represent ultimate challenge for aging' Baker

Chicago Sun-Times;  November 11, 2002 ;     694 words ......out-wrestle destiny by managing the Cubs. Baker is touted as a great communicator...proved to be much easier since Baker was a boy than the Cubs winning anything substantial...coach Ron Wotus might follow Baker to the Cubs in the same role. Details will...

Cubs, Baker odd coupling It's an attractive idea if the honeymoon lasts

Chicago Sun-Times;  November 19, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Dusty Baker and the Cubs. I'm getting used to the idea...more complicated when it comes to Baker and the Cubs. Because Baker's former team, the San Francisco...won 95 games last season and the Cubs won 67, Baker gets an edge. Because he took...

Rally first step in Baker watch Cubs in waiting while manager weighs...

Chicago Sun-Times;  October 29, 2002 ;     544 words ......next manager, but if Baker's financial demands are exorbitant, the Cubs must consider how much...first want to hear what Baker desires. Cubs officials denied there...Hendry could be a reason Baker chooses the Cubs over Seattle. Mariners...

Cubs can afford to be patient Baker is going out hunting, but not for...

Chicago Sun-Times;  November 8, 2002 ;     586 words ...The Cubs and Dusty Baker are so comfortable with the expectation...like to come to a resolution with Baker next week. The Cubs are identifying free agents they...their 2003 club and would like Baker's input. The Cubs are interested to see if Baker...

Cubs deal with Baker very likely this week

Post-Tribune (IN);  November 12, 2002 ;     571 words ......that strongly encouraged Baker to pursue the Cubs when Baker was still with San Francisco...seems virtually certain Baker and the Cubs will come to terms. The...nowhere and try to steal Baker away from the Cubs has been shot down, Baker...

Money only Baker breaker If Cubs' price is right, Wrigley could be Dusty's...

Chicago Sun-Times;  November 5, 2002 ;     700+ words ......incremental increase, Baker's agent, hard-nosed...Moorad, will call the Cubs within 48 hours and...than public respect. Baker is just begging for the Cubs to make him an offer...Andy MacPhail on the Cubs' board of directors? Baker and his father were...

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-f...

Baker's savior status won't be enough for the Cubs.(Knight Ridder...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  November 14, 2002 ;     700+ words ......course, became yet another ex-Cubs manager last season. Baker's greatness is basically...have a chance. Even with Baker, the lovable loser Cubs will still think something...ridicule the Chicago Tribune's Cubs. Though Baker has always poor-mouthed his...

Baker accepts gauntlet of Cubs

Post-Tribune (IN);  November 16, 2002 ;     700+ words ......million and $16 million. Cubs president Andy MacPhail said Baker was general manager Jim...Gonzalez, but it was no secret Baker was the man the Cubs wanted and that's why they...worth waiting for." The Cubs will be Baker's biggest managerial test...

Baker's time with the Cubs comes to end.(Sports)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  October 3, 2006 ;     662 words ......happened was a de facto firing of Baker, as Cubs general manager Jim Hendry...World Series before falling, Baker never could get the Cubs close again, and he finished...weak National League Central. Baker guided the Cubs to their first back-to-back...

Baker not worth dough New Cubs skipper talks a good game, but it won't...

Chicago Sun-Times;  November 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ......ahem, Gold Coast?) Baker's agent, Jeff Moorad, has squeezed the Cubs the way a juicer squeezes...two-fingered camera kiss. Cubs fans think Baker bats cleanup. Baker...making money. But with Baker's demands that the Cubs dig deeper and deeper...

Cubs should keep Baker _ if he hasn't lost passion.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  May 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ......season, it seems to me that the Cubs probably still need Baker more than he needs them. Baker...think about coming to the Cubs if Baker's 2003 trip to the championship...not forcing the issue with Baker last winter, the Cubs lost two good options _ Grady...

Hendry's, Baker's future linked to that of Cubs' franchise.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  March 11, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Durocher is also the last Cubs manager before Baker to guide the club to back...are tied at the hip and the Cubs will rubber stamp Baker's extension once Hendry gets...speaks for itself. If the Cubs wait and Baker flees, they will regret it...

Baker's magic dust still working for Cubs.(Sports)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  September 7, 2003 ;     679 words ......day in and day out. Baker's magic showed during...during which the Cubs established themselves...energy. No doubt the Cubs stepped on the wrong...of the umpires, but Baker did a good job of...the human element. Baker has a gift of getting...time than now for the Cubs to be unwrapping ...

Cubs stay hot, scorch media: Cubs 11, Brewers 4. Third consecutive win has...

Chicago Sun-Times;  July 10, 2006 ;     696 words ......perception that Dusty Baker's job was in question before the Cubs beat Milwaukee 11...at Wrigley Field. Baker's four-year contract...evidence that the Cubs are interested in...here and healthy," Baker said. "We just got...AT THE BREAK The Cubs have a three-game...