“To be able to learn from him, play for him and just to be able to suit up with him every single day is very special and nobody in here takes that for granted.” “It’s an honor to play for somebody who loves the game and loves his team and is so knowledgeable about the game of baseball and who has had such a storied career,” Houston third baseman Alex Bregman said. 1,500 came on May 9, 2012, with the Reds in a 2-1 triumph over Milwaukee. 30, 2004, while managing the Cubs to a 5-2 victory over Montreal. He reached 500 wins while with the Giants in a 6-5 victory over the Phillies on June 1, 1999. He collected 840 wins in 10 years with the Giants, 322 in four seasons with the Cubs, 509 in six years with the Reds, 192 in two seasons with the Nationals and he has 137 in his tenure with the Astros. Melissa Baker smiled as she filmed her husband postgame from the stands as the big screen displayed a picture of him with the words “2K Wins” in huge white letters.īaker’s career record is 2,000-1,745 and he’s the only manager in major league history to take five different teams to the postseason. His wife, Melissa, and a group of about 10 friends were at the ballpark. The team toasted Baker with far more reasonably priced champagne in the clubhouse after the game. “This should lead straight to the Hall of Fame,” Astros catcher Martín Maldonado said.īaker’s players presented him with a bottle of vintage Dom Pérignon champagne they signed with a gold marker to commemorate the achievement. Bruce Bochy (2,003), who isn’t yet eligible, is the only exception. Ten of the 11 other managers who have accumulated at least 2,000 wins are in the Hall of Fame. As a player, he went three times with the Dodgers, winning it all as a big-hitting left fielder in 1981.
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Baker has reached the World Series twice as a manager, last season with the Astros and in 2002 with the Giants. It’s the latest milestone in a storied career as a player and manager that has spanned more than 50 years. It means extra to my race, and it means extra hopefully for others to get an opportunity (so) I’m not the last.” The 72-year-old Baker said being the first Black manager to reach 2,000 wins makes the achievement even more meaningful. And it's only gonna get bigger.“I’m probably one of the luckiest men to ever walk on this earth,” a grinning Baker said minutes after the final out. The politics of mainstream country music aside, alternative country videos like this new one from Indiana Queen (along with 2013's viral sensation " All-American Boy" by Steve Grand) prove that there is indeed a space for authentic depictions of LGBT love in the genre. But after having sold over five million records, having a wonderful life in the music industry, I knew something was wrong when no major label wanted to sit down and have a meeting and listen to the new stuff."
If people don't like your music, that's one thing. Gilman expressed his disappointment with country music execs in a YouTube video, saying that "being a gay male country artist is not the best thing.
The coming-out of male country singers Ty Herndon and Billy Gilman ( on the same day!) four years later reflected some progress, but it didn't exactly result in the "sea change" that some hoped for. When once-popular country singer Chely Wright came out as a lesbian in 2010, she dealt with major backlash from her audience.
Meanwhile, while LGBT songwriters are now able to reach certain levels of success behind the scenes, putting actual gay artists front and center on the country stage is still a pretty risky move. When mainstream country act Little Big Town released a song called "Girl Crush" last year, for instance, it was pulled from a number of country radio stations - despite the fact that the band is made up entirely of heterosexuals and the song itself was about heterosexual romance.