REDS MANAGER DUSTY BAKER ON THE IMPORTANCE OF DEFENSE

3.2.10
DUSTY ON DEFENSE
REDS MANAGER DUSTY BAKER ON THE IMPORTANCE OF DEFENSE

DUSTY BAKER (1st row, second from right)

On Votto: "He works at it, he really works at it. That was the knock on him when I first got here. He works, he went out earlier and worked with Jackson down in Florida because he saw Rolen and Cabrera and Brandon out there. He didn't want to be left out of that excellent infield."

"Everyone talks about the Big Red Machine's hitting, the Reds had Gold all over the field. The best teams I had had Gold on the field. I'm big on defense. Biggest thing I'm most proud of, the awards I've won, is the Gold Glove. That's work. Hitting's fun. Playing defense is work. It's something you've got to take pride in. You go out to a Little League field, everyone wants to hit, once they hit, they go home. They're ready to go in. How many kids do you know who like to shag? They like to hit. I look at Concepcion and Morgan and Geronimo and Bench and Pete -- most people don't know he has a couple of Gold Gloves -- and Griffey. If nothing hits the ground in the outfield and nothing gets through the infield, you're not going to score runs, it makes your pitching better. You've got to catch the ball."

"(In the outfield) You look up there, I've seen Anderson, he looks good going to get that ball. Anderson, Bruce, Nix, Stubbs, Heisey, Balentien, Gomes is working at it. I don't know much about Dorn. Jonny works. All those guys, they've got some speed. (Nix) is very good to me. He looks easy to how he gets to it and he's got something to throw with. What we may lack in some areas, we're extremely good in other areas."
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