Dusty Baker Gave Quotations

This is something you hoped you wouldn't have to do, but it's one of those realities in sport and in life. It's not a pleasant situation, but it's here and it's real. This is a major blow. There's a lot to play for, knowing that he's with us and he gave us all he had all the time. We'll play for him, play for us, and play for everybody like we've been doing.

Juan has a pretty good idea of when to run. There were quite a few guys who had green lights last year. It's just a matter of them running. I gave guys the green light a lot, but sometimes I was a bit upset when they didn't run. A real base stealer can run better when he feels he can run versus when you tell him to run.

What he gave me was a consciousness on how to do it,

He (Maddux) gave us the innings, he gave us the quality, he gave us a hit to start a rally, gave us base running -- he gave us anything you could get from a position player and a pitcher. We needed it badly.

It was a great comeback victory after we gave them those two runs. 'Z' pitched outstanding. Our bullpen did a great job.

We wanted him to get that victory, but we needed it badly. He didn't get it, but he gave it to us.

Boy, that was a great comeback victory especially after we kind of gave it to them in the (sixth) inning with those two runs.