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WASHINGTON -- Dusty Baker is one of only two African-American managers in Major League Baseball. He wants to be the first one in the Hall of Fame.I thought about it when I started passing guys that were already in the Hall of Fame, the Nationals manager said after his teams Tuesday afternoon workout in Washington, D.C. Every day in Cincinnati, I was passing somebody that was in the Hall of Fame already, so yeah, Id like to be the first African-American manager in the Hall of Fame.Now in his 21st season as a manager, Baker ranks second among active managers and 17th all-time with 1,766 career wins. Among current skippers, only San Franciscos Bruce Bochy (1,789) has more. Of the 23 managers inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame, there are 11 who have fewer wins than Baker, including Dodgers legend Tommy Lasorda, who spent his first eight seasons managing Baker during his playing days in Los Angeles.Rookie skipper Dave Roberts is the only other active African-American manager. Roberts Dodgers and Bakers Nationals will square off in the National League Division Series starting this Friday in Washington, D.C.Hes where I was 20 years ago, Baker said of Roberts on Tuesday. Im happy for him, big-time. I know him, but I really dont know him. I know him from across the field, and I know him from one of my players, Rich Aurilia. He and Rich Aurilia are wine owners, like I am. They dont grow grapes, but we both make wine. Hes always a pleasant guy, hes a very bright, young man, but hes in the way. Cheap NCAA Football Jerseys . -- Jakob Silfverberg is making himself right at home with the Anaheim Ducks, scoring four goals in his first four games. Cheap College Jerseys From China . Badenhop was 2-3 with a 3.47 ERA in 63 relief appearances for Milwaukee this season. He is 18-20 in his career with three saves and a 3. http://www.cheapcollegejerseys.us.org/ . Isner, ranked No. 14, won his eighth career singles title and took the title in New Zealand for the second time after his victory in 2010. The match was similar to Isners quarterfinal victory over fifth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber which went to three sets, all tiebreaks and contained no breaks of serve. College Jerseys China .Y. - Detroit goaltender Jonas Gustavsson has earned NHL first star of the week honours after winning in his first three appearances of the season. Wholesale College Jerseys . Ferrer, trying to win his fourth title on Mexican soil, will next play South Africas Kevin Anderson, who eliminated American Sam Querrey,7-6 (2), 6-4. Also Wednesday, Gilles Simon (6) of France beat Donald Young of the United States 6-4, 6-3, Ukraines Alexandr Dolgopolov downed Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 6-3, 6-4 and Croatias Ivo Karlovic defeated Dudi Sela of Israel 7-6 (4), 6-2. HAMBURG, Germany -- Roger Federer rallied to beat Daniel Brands 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday at the German Tennis Championships in his first match since his second-round loss at Wimbledon last month. Using a bigger racket for the first time, Federer served three aces in the opening game but still lost his serve and ultimately the set to the German. The former No. 1 broke once in the second set and twice in the decider to reach the third round. The 17-time major champion is a four-time winner in Hamburg, the city where he won his first title in 2002 to break into the top 10. After losing at Wimbledon to Sergiy Stakhovsky -- who failed to qualify for the main draw in Hamburg -- Federer dropped to No. 5 in the rankings, the first time in a decade that hes been that low. Brands, who celebrated his 26th birthday Wednesday and received a cake after the match, received few presents from the top-seeded Federer in the last two sets. However, the Swiss star needed four match points to close it out. He finished with nine aces on the clay-court surface. "It was a tough match, Daniel is playing a very good season," Federer said.dddddddddddd Federer will play qualifier Jan Hajek of the Czech Republic, who beat 15th-seeded Ernests Gulbis of Latvia 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. Tommy Haas outlasted qualifier Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 to advance to the third round. The second-seeded Haas blew a 4-1 lead in the third set but held serve and then broke to clinch the match when Kavcic sent a forehand long. "At the end, its the victory that counts," Haas said. Haas was runner-up in the tournament last year and is the oldest player in the top 100 at 35. He is looking for his second title at home this season, after winning in Munich. Fourth-seeded Jerzy Janowicz of Poland, a Wimbledon semifinalist, prevailed 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (4) over Robin Haase of the Netherlands. Defending champion Juan Monaco of Argentina, seeded fifth, beat Gael Monfils 6-4, 6-4. Four other seeded players lost -- No. 6 Andreas Seppi, No. 10 Tommy Robredo, No. 13 Mikhail Youzhny and No. 16 Martin Klizan. No. 11 Feliciano Lopez, No. 12 Fabio Fognini and No. 14 Fernando Verdasco advanced. ' ' '