Reds manager Dusty Baker has heard enough of the gossip, and he wants to put a stop to it.

A rumor has been circulating for months that center fielder Corey Patterson was getting playing time, even while he was struggling, because he was dating Baker's daughter, Natosha.

The conspiracy theory has made the rounds on Internet and talk radio, and it has gotten back to the Baker family. Baker finally had enough when players on the Astros asked him about it. There's no truth to it, Baker said: Natosha is not dating Patterson.

"She hasn't even been to Cincinnati," Baker told the Cincinnati Enquirer. "This is so far out of line. It's hurtful to my wife and daughter. How can people stoop that low? I don't know who started it. But I've been hearing from fans, players, announcers."

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