WASHINGTON -- Washington Nationals manager Dusty Baker is slated to miss the three-game weekend series with the San Diego Padres due to the high school graduation of his son, Darren, in California. The series begins Friday at Nationals Park and is slated to end Sunday.
Baker's son graduates on Saturday and the veteran skipper will join the Nationals when they begin a series on Monday in San Francisco against the Giants. Baker grew up and still lives in northern California and he was the manager of the Giants from 1993 to 2002.