Houston Astros Manager Baker Isn't Satisfied With Just One World Series Title

Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker has his eyes set on another World Series title heading into the 2023 MLB season.

Winning an elusive World Series has reinvigorated Dusty Baker. The 73-year-old Houston Astros manager returned for another season hoping to capture back-to-back championships. And why not? The pressure is off. 

“It was a very short winter, a very fulfilling winter,” Baker told reporters at spring training in West Palm Beach, Fla. “It always feels good to come back and see the guys. You see what kind of shape they’re in, you see who worked and you see who matured from a boy to a man. This is an exciting time of the year.” 

Baker became the 12th manager to reach 2,000 career wins last May and then the oldest manager to win a World Series. With a stocked roster, Baker has a terrific chance at repeating the feat. And he’s not ready to step down. Not yet. 

“The Lord will tell me and my body will tell me,” Baker said. “I do know I got this year.” 

The Astros have celebrated with a parade and the players and Baker have been honored for a variety of reasons since they defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in six games. But this is a new season with a different team. The process starts all over again. 

“You can’t live in the past. You’ve got to think about the present,” Baker told reporters. “What you have to do and how it could be done are difficult. There are other teams that have gotten better. Everybody is (trying to beat) us, which is cool when I think about some of the great (sports coaches) in the past, like Red Auerbach (who won nine titles with the Boston Celtics), and how they must have felt going after eight, nine and 10. Here I am going for No. 2."

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