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Article: N.L. Manager of the Year: Dusty Baker, Giants

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October 27, 1997
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The Giants, a long shot for postseason play in virtually every preseason forecast, had just finished a most remarkable season. Manager Dusty Baker's leadership had played a huge role in lifting the Giants from a dismal 68-94 mark and fourth-place finish in 1996 to unexpected heights in 1997: a 90-72 regular season, an N.L. West title and the team's first playoff appearance since 1989 (and Baker's first as a manager).

And yet when Baker, 48, found out that he had been chosen as THE SPORTING NEws' National League Manager of the Year in a poll of N.L. managers, he took little solace. He still was trying to cope with the Giants' threegame sweep at the hands of the Marlins in the first round of ...

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