After missing out on the Cincinnati Reds clinching the NL Central crown, Dusty Baker was back on the bench for Monday's 4-2 loss to St. Louis.
Baker missed his 11th game Sunday after being hospitalized for an irregular heartbeat. He suffered a mini-stroke as he was being released from a Chicago-area hospital, leading to some speculation as to whether the health scare could have a lasting impact on his baseball future.
Over the week, Phil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune wrote Baker would be more likely to walk away if the Reds were to win a World Series title.
The 63-year-old Baker has managed 19 seasons in the big leagues and has one World Series appearance on his resume, a loss to the Angels in 2002 when he piloted the Giants. That was his final season in San Francisco, so there is a precedent for Baker to leave while on top.
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