Astros manager Dusty Baker retiring

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Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker is retiring, he told USA Today on Wednesday.

Baker, 74, made the decision following Monday's 11-4 loss to the Texas Rangers in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series.

A press conference is scheduled for noon ET on Thursday at Houston's Minute Maid Park, where Baker will publicly make the announcement.

USA Today reported that Bake