Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Baseball America

    Coming full circle

    Feb 02, 2022 5 minutes
    by JOE HEALY

    Chip Hale and Willie Bloomquist had a lot in common this offseason. Both took high-profile head coaching jobs at their alma maters, Hale at Arizona and Bloomquist Arizona State. Both arrived at those jobs with their experience coming exclusively in professional baseball.

    Hale was hired straight off the Tigers’ major league field staff, where he was third base coach in 2021. He previously served as a big league coach with the Mets, Athletics and Nationals, and he managed the D-backs in 2015 and 2016.

    Bloomquist’s experience comes in the front office. After retiring as a player in 2016, he spent five years as a special assistant to D-backs president and CEO Derrick Hall.

    This makes Hale and Bloomquist part of a larger trend in college baseball in recent years. College coaching jobs are increasingly being filled by coaches

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Baseball America

    Baseball America3 min read
    Prospect Pad
    Everything’s bigger in Texas, including the Prospect Pad. Launched by Baseball America and Louisville Slugger during All-Star Weekend in 2016 as a way to connect with the top prospects in baseball on the eve of the Futures Game, the event has attract
    Baseball America4 min read
    Dsl All-star Game Superlatives
    The Dominican Summer League held its annual All-Star Game on July 21 at the Brewers’ complex in Santo Domingo. The game, which came with a raucous atmosphere not found in either the Florida or Arizona Complex leagues, featured plenty of talent on bot
    Baseball America4 min read
    Road Block?
    In late July, college baseball coaches learned that the much-despised 11.7 scholarship limit is going away. Beginning with the 2025-26 academic year, Division I schools will have roster limits of 34 players, and all 34 players can be given full schol

    Related