Darren Baker Begins Wait to Be Bat BoyJANIE McCAULEY, AP Sports Writer
Darren Baker, son of Chicago Cubs manager Dusty Baker, greets his father and Kenny Lofton, center, during player introductions before Game 1 of the National League championship series against the Marlins, 2003, at Wrigley Field in Chicago. (AP Photo/Ann Ryan) “He’s a close family friend,...
Darren clubbed a first-pitch fastball in his first at-bat in the seventh inning, which Dusty said was right out of the Baker family playbook. But dad was more impressed with the two-strike sacrifice fly to get a run home in the eighth inning. “You see a lot of young guys taking tha...
Baker to keep eye on son Darren, who keeps job as bat boy.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)Roderick, Joe