The sports magazine Baseball America is naming Astros manager Dusty Baker its 2021 Manager of the Year, it was announced last week.
It's the second time Baker has won the award, managing the Giants when he won it in 2000.
Baker is the third Astros manager to win the honor, following Larry Dierker in 1998 and A.J. Hinch in 2017.
Baker helped lead the Astros to their third appearance in the World Series this year.
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