The ages of MLB managers have been declining in the last few years, with 22 under 60 at the start of the 2023 season. But in the AL Championship Series, the two oldest managers in the majors, 74-year-old Baker and 68-year-old Bochy, are leading the way.
“I can brag, because I’ve made it this far in age,” Baker said. “ it has something to do with us, but mostly to do with your team. And the fact that the team trusts us.”
“I’ve said in the past, you look around the world, there’s different kinds of discrimination. There’s age, race and there’s sometimes gender. And sometimes intellectual,” he said. “So, there’s all kinds of things that you can think about. But it’s no good to worry about.” Houston owner Jim Crane wasn’t turned off by the fact Baker was 71 when he interviewed to manage the team after A.J. Hinch was fired in the wake of the team’s sign-stealing scandal in 2020. In fact, he believed his reputation and decades in the game were just what the Astros needed to help repair their tattered reputation.
“I feel the exact opposite,” he said. “I think that if you’re stuck in your ways, you don’t last. And these old managers who have lasted last because they evolve and they’re open-minded and they grow. I think that’s an important attribute to recognize with Boch. He’s been wonderful. I absolutely love working with him.”“I think it’s great,” he said. “It may have flipped a little bit too far the other way, and now it’s kind of back in the middle and I think that’s where it’s best for baseball.
At 40, Houston ace Justin Verlander was among the oldest players in the league this season. He thinks he and the old managers have many things in common. Baker is the winningest active manager with 2,183 victories and Bochy ranks second with 2,093. But Bochy has more rings - he won the World Series three times with the Giants, while Baker took home his first title last season.
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