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Arizona baseball’s first recruiting class under Chip Hale heavy on in-state talent

Chip Hale has a wealth of coaching experience, ranging from college-age prospects to Major League stars. But never before has he been tasked with actually choosing the players he’s going to coach, not to mention convincing them he’s the guy they should be coached by.

Which made getting to Wednesday, the first day of college baseball’s early signing period, a significant milestone for Hale. Hired in July to coach his alma mater, despite never working at the collegiate level, at least a part of every day since then has been dedicated to an aspect of the game he had to learn on the fly.