Don Baylor
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"As player"

* Baltimore Orioles (–)

* Oakland Athletics ()

* Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim/California Angels (–)

* New York Yankees (–)

* Boston Red Sox (–)

* Minnesota Twins ()

* Oakland Athletics ()

"As manager"

* Colorado Rockies (–)

* Chicago Cubs (–)

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* Major League Baseball All-Star Game/All-Star (1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game/1979)

* World Series champion ()

* AL MVP (1979)

* 3× Silver Slugger Award (1983, 1985, 1986)

* Roberto Clemente Award (1985)

* List of Major League Baseball runs batted in champions/AL RBI champion (1979)

* NL Manager of the Year (1995)

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Mel gave us a step-by-step. It was good to know.

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They feel they can get right to the NBA, compared to four years in the minors — and maybe I'll make it, maybe I won't. I don't know if there's a lot of parents directing their kids to play baseball these days.

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I looked at Mel. He was healthy. I was banking on that.

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Playing for Yogi is like playing for your father; playing for Billy is like playing for your father-in-law.

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I know what I have to do and I plan to do it. It's a good time to get it done and get it behind me. It's treatable, so why not treat it now? My family will give me comfort but I have to do this alone.

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My bones are as hard as a rock. Every time I have a biopsy, the doctors are doing hand exercises a week, ten days out.

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It's only right. I'm not there. They didn't want to move right away, but after a few days, it made sense.

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I'm going to try to enjoy the All-Star break, hope my players reflect on what happened the first half of the season, come back with a different attitude, try to find our solution on how to win it.

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He helped me deal with the uncertainty.

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