After piloting the Giants for ten years and winning this season’s National League pennant, Dusty Baker, leaves the organization, inking a four-year deal to manage the Cubs. Chicago, a franchise which hasn’t been to the World Series since 1945, made it clear the 53 year-old three-time NL Manager of the Year was the team’s first choice to lead the way.

November 16, 2002 This Day In Baseball

On November 16, 2002 — After piloting the Giants for ten years and winning this season’s National League pennant, Dusty Baker, leaves the organization, inking a four-year deal to manage the Cubs. Chicago, a franchise which hasn’t been to the World Series since 1945, made it clear the 53 year-old three-time NL Manager of the Year was the team’s first choice to lead the way.

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