Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker pulled his pickup truck into the Palm Beach International Airport at 6:30 on Monday morning, took the suitcases out from the back, walked around, and hugged his roommate nearly as hard as he could.
He looked at him. There were tears in each other’s eyes. Then they hugged again.
“He was an unbelievable roommate,’’ Baker told USA TODAY Sports. “I was so proud of him because he was a good roomie. He was the one who wanted to room with me, and it was a great spring, really, the best spring I ever had.’’
The roommate was 23-year-old Darren Baker, Dusty’s son.
“It was emotional, for sure, just not really knowing when I may see him again.’’ Darren said
