While serving a suspension, Dusty Baker was asked if he would ever be interested in becoming a general manager. "Al Rosen, who recruited me to the Giants, had asked me what position I'd like," Baker said. "At the time I told him I'd like to be his assistant general manager or possibly general manager some day. He told me I'd be better suited to manage on the field. He'd seen me across the field from Houston and the Giants when I was with the Dodgers. Since I've been in this position, I'd rather be in the action. As a manager, you're kind of like the shop foreman. Most times, the shop is in the basement. You're down there with the guys, the players. You're not an officer from being in the military. You're more of a warrant officer, which is a former enlisted man that they thought merited commission as an officer. You're an enlisted man in charge of other enlisted men. "Plus general manager - that's a lot of hard work. That's a lot of work when everybody else is off work - namely me. Those three or four months off, you need it to recharge from the long season. That general manager, they work hardest in the off-season. Most of them live where they work. Most of them go to the office every day or almost every day. They're in meetings all the time. I like what I'm doing."