An exciting and news-heavy Mets-Nationals series this week at Nationals Park finished up with the tightest contest of the series. After the Mets prevailed, 2-0, I attended Dusty Baker’s post-game news conference.
One of many attributes that makes Baker a great interview is he’ll just throw observations and thoughts out there, without prompting. Here’s what he threw out late Wednesday afternoon:
“Anthony Rendon, usually you’re guarding the line over there. He was way over in the hole. Big time. We’ve just got to give them credit for doing their homework, I guess, and knowing where to play people at the right time.