Climate Changed
Baseball Legend Dusty Baker Wants to Harness the Power of the Sun
After decades on the diamond, he’s making solar energy his new field for competition.
Dusty Baker, baseball fixture and serial entrepreneur, stands next to one of his solar panel arrays at his home in Roseville, California.
Photographer: Michael Short/BloombergIt’s a familiar sight for baseball fans: a grinning Dusty Baker leaning back in his office chair, a box of toothpicks within arm’s reach, chewing over lineups and pitching changes.
But Baker isn’t plotting double switches anymore, and he didn’t plan to join the wheeling and dealing at Major League Baseball’s Winter Meetings this week in Las Vegas. He’s about 400 miles (640 kilometers) away pursuing a very different prospect: solar power.