BUT he did do a tremendous job.......all kinds of odd things went wrong..........in his last season.........in the deciding game.....which is why i think they set him up....

Washington Nationals[edit]

Baker managing the Nationals in 2017.

On November 3, 2015, Baker was named the new manager for the Washington Nationals for the 2016 season, his first managerial position since being fired by Cincinnati in 2013.^[15] At the time of his hiring, he was the only black manager in Major League Baseball and has the second–highest total for most wins in MLB.^[15] The Nationals won the NL East in Baker's first season, but lost in the NLDS against the Dodgers. The following season, Baker led the Nationals to another NL East Championship. However, their postseason was once again cut short after losing in the 2017 NLDS to the Chicago Cubs despite having a 4-1 lead in Game 5. On October 20, 2017, the Nationals announced that Baker would not return as the team's manager in 2018.^[16]