Dusty Baker’s case to be voted into National Baseball Hall of Fame

HOUSTON — Dusty Baker is the only manager in baseball history to take five different teams to the playoffs, culminating with a long-awaited World Series title with the Astros in 2022. That only scratches the surface of a résumé that should lead Baker to be enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.

That could happen as early as next year, with Baker among eight men…