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“You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.”
― Dusty Baker

“block”
― Dusty Baker, Crossroads: A Memoir in Baseball and Life

“to human nature in a lot of ways. We live in a culture right now where a lot of influences push people to resent or blame others. You see people turning to resentment and bitterness to fuel some kind of internal fire to make themselves feel powerful. But fueling your resentment and bitterness will exact a toll. It will hollow you out. Over time, it will turn you into a different person. The resentments we hold to our heart block us from seeing the good in the world. The resentments we hold onto block our heart from seeing the good in the world. If we hold enough resentment, we stop seeing the good altogether. That’s happened to me, in moments, but it did me no good. That way lies emptiness of the soul. I felt angry, but I felt soulless, and that’s not a good feeling. That, to me, is the Devil’s work. Like anyone, I have had to work to overcome the occasional impulse to blame others. The toughest thing that people do in life is forgive each other.”
― Dusty Baker, Crossroads: A Memoir in Baseball and Life