GIANTS MANAGER: BAKER UNSURE ABOUT FUTURE S.F. MANAGER WILL BE PURSUED.Byline: Michael A. Anastasi Sports Editor Noun 1. sports editor - the newspaper editor responsible for sports news newspaper editor - the editor of a newspaper ANAHEIM - Bill Rigney William Joseph Rigney (January 29, 1918 - February 20, 2001) was an American second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. A native of Alameda, California, he batted and threw right-handed. . Tom Sheehan Thomas Clancy Sheehan (March 31 1894 - October 29, 1982) was an American pitcher, scout and manager in Major League Baseball. Born in Grand Ridge, Illinois, Sheehan, a righthander, had a six-year pitching career from 1915-1916, 1921 and 1924-1926, playing for the . Alvin Dark A lefthanded hitter who threw righthanded, Franks attended the University of Utah. , Clyde King Clyde Edward King (born May 23, 1925 in Goldsboro, North Carolina) is a special baseball advisor to George Steinbrenner, owner of the New York Yankees of American Major League Baseball, and has spent over 60 years in the game as a pitcher, coach, manager, general manager and front and Charlie Fox. Wes Westrum, Joe Altobelli. Dave Bristol, Frank Robinson, Danny Ozark and Jim Davenport. Roger Craig. These men managed the San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California that currently play in the National League West Division. New York Giants history Early days and the John McGraw era . Dusty Baker, their manager for the last 10 years and for perhaps only 10 more days, joined them. He, too, has never won the World Series. Sunday, Baker climaxed a fractious frac·tious adj. 1. Inclined to make trouble; unruly. 2. Having a peevish nature; cranky. [From fraction, discord (obsolete). , wonderful, maddeningly annoying, life-pondering, forever-disappointing season by leading the Giants franchise to the brink of its first world championship since 1954. And lost. ``I know how I feel about Dusty,'' said Angels manager Mike Scioscia, his teammate on the 1981 world champion Dodgers. ``I know there's not many people in the game of baseball that I respect as much as Dusty. He's incredible. He's obviously a leader.'' Yet Baker lost a championship he could have, and critics will say, should have won. The Giants led this series 3-2, led Saturday's Game 6 by a score of 5-0 and had Angels fans silently awaiting next season. Although Baker isn't the first manager to blow a 3-2 lead - Arizona rallied as recently as last year - he presided over the worst collapse in World Series history. It typified an atypical season. His two stars brawled at midseason, and Baker himself brawled, in the press, behind the scenes and by reading between the lines Between the lines can refer to:
n. 1. A petulant, bad-tempered mood; a huff. 2. A petty quarrel or argument; a tiff. tr.v. miffed, miff·ing, miffs To cause to become offended or annoyed. since spring training after Magowan suggested that if the Giants didn't win this year it would be Baker's fault, doesn't like the way the grocery store magnate goes about his. ``If somebody wanted me back,'' Baker said with a wry grin Sunday, ``you wouldn't wait until the last minute to tell them, would you?'' Magowan last addressed the situation in San Francisco on Tuesday, acknowledging the feud but doing nothing to quell it. He insists he must first determine the status of general manager Brian Sabean, whose contract expires 10 days from now as well. ``After the series, we will sit down to clear the air,'' Magowan said. ``I didn't know the air was polluted,'' Baker said. ``And if it was going to be cleared, we are waiting kind of late to clear it, aren't we?'' The Chicago Cubs, for one, don't mind. Chicago newspapers are reporting that general manager Jim Hendry has been given the authority by the Tribune Co. to pursue Baker hard, and Baker has let it be known he expects a sizable raise from the $2.65 million annually he is averaging now. Not so much that he'll break the bank but, Baker said, ``I want to be near the bank.'' That in itself might mean the end of Baker's tenure in San Francisco. Magowan rescued the franchise from miserly mi·ser·ly adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser; avaricious or penurious. mi  ser·li·ness n.Adj. 1. Bob Lurie in the early 1990s, and twice paid well for Barry Bonds, but he's already all but declared free agent Jeff Kent out of the picture for next season and regularly bemoans the state of the baseball business. The Seattle Mariners have a vacancy as well, though it is unclear whether they'll pay Baker what he wants, either. Then again, Baker is known to be not happy with the way Tribune bean counters treated former Cubs manager Don Baylor, a good friend. ``I don't mean to be funny,'' Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti said Sunday, ``but it's pretty much been a question asked almost every single day this season, including spring training. ``It's disturbing sometimes,'' Righetti said. ``This guy has meant so much to the city, the area, the last 10 years of managing this ballclub. He's done a terrific job. He's brought a lot of spirit. The organization has definitely prospered because of Dusty Baker.'' ``I think he's done a great job every year,'' Sabean said. ``He never complains, he never makes my job harder, his teams play hard and are almost always in a position to win. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what more you can ask for.'' If Baker's career in a Giants uniform does end, he leaves having been the National League Manager of the Year at least three times - the first man to do so in the NL, just the second ever. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: The return of manager Dusty Baker, right, to the Giants depends on owner Peter Magowan. John Lazar/Staff Photographer |
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