'Out-of-body type of experience': Darren Baker helps beat dad Dusty Baker's Astros with grand slam
Washington Nationals Darren Baker takes the lineup card out to his dad, Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker, Jr. before the start of a MLB spring training game at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches on Sunday, March 20, 2022 in West Palm Beach.WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — As Darren Baker rounded the bases after hitting a game-tying grand slam, he peered into the third-base dugout to try to make eye contact with his dad. Instead, he only caught a glimpse of his back.
"He didn't want to speak to me after the game," said a chuckling Darren."I had to run down the third-base line and he said he'd talk to me later.""I'm getting to the house as quick as possible," said Darren, who was the Nationals' 10th-round pick out of Cal in 2021. When Darren, who has hit just three homers in 127 minor league games, sent the ball soaring the opposite way in the ninth inning, his father made a deal in his head that didn't pan out.
"I was just hoping when that ball went up that it would just be a sacrifice fly. I would have been happy with that. He could get an RBI and we’d get the win," Dusty said. It was quite the day for Darren, who was playing in just his third major league spring game of the year., Darren brought out the lineup card at home plate for his father, who gave out a hug with his lineup. Then, Darren entered the game at second base in the seventh inning and promptly ripped a single up the middle. Two innings later, he hit the shot that filled his dad with mixed emotions but brought his mom — and Dusty's wife of 28 years — Melissa, wearing a Nationals cap, to her feet.
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