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RUNNING IT BACK: Dusty Baker will return as Houston Astros manager
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Houston Astros: Manager Dusty Baker is retiring
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Dusty Baker, 72, returning to Astros on one-year deal after
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Old but more than old-school, Dusty Baker and Bruce Bochy are
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Astros reveal firm Lance McCullers Jr. return timeline
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Goold: Astros, long scorned, win title for the good guy Dusty Baker
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Astros and Rangers meet for Texas-sized showdown in AL
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Astros Injury List Today - October 23
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Houston Astros Dusty Baker, Luis Garcia named as finalists for top
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Everything Dusty Baker said about retirement or return in Game 7