Dusty Baker is standing behind his comments about heat and race:

“I’m not playing the race card. I’m telling it like it is,” Baker said by telephone Monday.
“What I meant is that blacks and Latins take the heat better than most whites, and whites take the cold better than most blacks and Latins. That’s it, pure and simple. Nothing deeper than that.”

Of course, in this way, Dusty is no different than most managers. The do not let facts get in the way of their beliefs, whether it be the usefulness of bunting or racial stereotypes.