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Dusty Baker, inventor of the high five, weighs in on perils of dugout handshakes

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One of Nationals manager Dusty Baker's many claims to fame -- did you know he once shared a joint with Jimi Hendrix? -- is being a co-creator of the high five.

Yet Baker, for all his expertise and prestige in the area, doesn't seem fond of the contemporary takes on creative dugout handshakes. Here's the notable quotable:

If Baker -- whose intelligence and learning ability are such that he was dabbling in agriculture technology during his time away from baseball -- can't keep up with all these elaborate handshakes, then who can?