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Nationals reportedly open to extending Dusty Baker beyond 2017...

With the Washington Nationals coming off a disappointing 2015 campaign, which saw them fail to make the postseason after winning the NL East in 2014, Dusty Baker, who signed a 2-year deal after Matt Williams was fired, was asked if he felt like he was in a must-win situation in the nation’s capital.

"I've been in a must-win situation all my life," Baker told reporters, after returning to the bench following two seasons out of the game.

"That's how I look at it. Other than one time out of twenty that I had more than a two-year contract, with San Francisco, the whole time I had two-year contracts.