Giants manager Dusty Baker was seen holding his 3-year-old son after Kenny Lofton jumped out to Angels center fielder Darin Elstad to end the 2002 World Series. Darren Baker, from the dugout to the clubhouse. Little Darren cried out in anger at his father’s loss to the Fall Classic.
When Dusty saw Darren in the field, the two hugged. According to Darren, many things were said without words. When Darren told Dusty that the Astros would beat the Phillies on the same day, he remembered a conversation with his father. Dusty replied, “I did.”
“It was very special,” Darren said by phone Tuesday afternoon. “There have been a lot of disappointments and anxieties in his life. was the best.”
darren exploded houston parade, that too. It was the first time he attended such an event. He said he had never seen so many people in his life. Darren was standing next to Alex Bregman when a fan threw a beer at them.
“[Bergman] wanted one. We drank and had a good time,” said Darren.
Darren became known to baseball fans as a toddler in the 2002 World Series. He was one of several Batboys on the Giants and became known for what he did in Game 5 against the Angels.
In the 7th inning, Loften tripled to right field. When JT Snow and David Bell scored, Darren ran out and he tried to grab Lofton’s bat, but the ball was still in play. When he scored ahead of Bell, Snow grabbed Darren by his team jacket at home plate and snatched him away to keep him from interfering with the play.
Darren doesn’t remember what happened 20 years later, but he does remember crying in his father’s arms after the World Series ended.
“I remember something like a patch,” said Darren. “Kenny Lofton and Barry Bonds were my favorite players. [at the end of the World Series]Even at that age, I knew I would win or lose. I spent every day of the year with them. Disappointing indeed.
“Sadly, I don’t remember being picked up. [by Snow]I have no recollection of it. Without videos and YouTube, it was like nothing would have happened to me. i wish i remembered. It would be pretty cool to remember something like that. “