Following Houston's Game 7 loss in the ALCS, Dusty Baker thanked his players for their effort in what was a 'grind' of a season -- but didn't seem quite ready to say out loud that his 26-year managerial career was over.
' final defeat Monday, and some in the room believed this was his last speech as manager, as they have been privately speculating for weeks.
But Baker also seemed a little stunned about the ugly and abrupt nature to the Astros' reign as champions. Minute Maid Park has often seemed like a haven for a team that won two World Series and five AL championships over the last seven seasons, but this year, there was so much losing in their home park, including all four games in the ALCS, and the
"It's a grind -- this season is a grind," said Maldonado."We play more games than any other professional sport. Right now, you look at players with other teams and they are already working out. When you play all the way to November, your body takes a beating. As a team, we've played the most games the last six or seven years. It's a hard sport.
And it may be that Baker's long career will come to an end. After the Astros won the World Series last year, Baker received a one-year extension, and this year, Crane and Brown have yet to publicly say for sure that they will seek another manager.
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