Dusty Baker: A Memoir in Baseball and Life

Join us in-person or online as legendary baseball player and manager Dusty Baker explores his extraordinary career, one filled with invaluable lessons on perseverance, leadership, and how to live life meaningfully on the field and off.

Dusty Baker walked with baseball legends and became one himself. After he signed with the Braves in 1968 at the age of 19 (against his father’s wishes), no less than the great Hank Aaron promised to take Baker under his wing. Mentored by Aaron, Orlando Cepeda and Willie Mays, Baker became a premier hitter, helping take the Dodgers to a World Series victory in 1981. Along the way he spent 10 seasons as the manager of the San Francisco Giants from 1993-2002. He would later lead the Houston Astros to a championship in 2002.

Baker has been respected by generations, and has come to embody the spirit of the sport. He explores this in his new book Crossroads, which delves into the mind of one of baseball’s mavericks: a curious, inquisitive thinker whose deep interest in the worlds of music, wine and the simpler joys of life charts a journey of success, struggle, faith and perseverance.

Don’t miss this chance to hear from a true American original, who counts among his friends presidents and dignitaries, bluesmen and artists.

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Photo by Michael Zagaris.

Speakers

Dusty Baker, Former MLB Player and Manager; Author, Crossroads: A Memoir in Baseball and Life

In conversation with Raj Mathai, Anchor, NBC Bay Area, KNTV

11:30 a.m. doors open & check-in
12–1 p.m. program
(all times Pacific Time)