December 20, 2020
MLB managers not named Tony La Russa did Zoom calls with members of the media this past week. Today’s column features highlights from several of those sessions. –
Two of the topics Dusty Baker addressed on Monday were job-related. One was the position he currently holds with the Houston Astros, the other was a role that’s never appealed to him. The latter is anathema to baseball’s Most Interesting Man in the World because it wouldn’t allow him to kick back and ruminate on life.
“One reason I never wanted to be a general manager is because you don’t really have an offseason,” Baker told a cohort of reporters. “He works all year, and doesn’t have much time off, but for the general manager, and front office people, this is the most busy time of the year.”
From The Examiner during the week of Dec. 7-12, 1970:
• “NOLAND ROAD SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN 1972” – Completion of the north segment of the Noland Road project will give the city its first modern four-lane north and south traffic artery running from U.S. 24 to U.S. 40. A contract to build the final segment from Pacific north to U.S. 24 was awarded Nov. 30 by the county court. Noland Road is being improved largely with county road bond money, with the city of Independence participating to some extent.
• “INCORPORATION SETBACK FOR TINY BLUE SUMMIT” – Proponents of the incorporation of Blue Summit received a setback Monday when a Kansas City Court of Appeals ruled that a county court order incorporating the town is not valid. The ruling was in regard to a petition first filed with the county court in 1966. The county court did not act on the incorporation until April 11, 1967. On April 3 and 10, 1967, 38 of the 487 people who had signed the petition withdrew their