After spending more than 30 years working in Major League Baseball, either as a player or a coach, it would be easy to assume that there might be an adjustment period for Chip Hale as he begins his first job in college baseball as Arizona’s head coach.
But, speaking to reporters Wednesday afternoon at Arizona’s official preseason media day, the baseball-lifer and Wildcat legend played that acclimation period down.
“Baseball is baseball once we get out there,” Hale said. “There hasn’t been much of an adjustment, just more fun.”
When asked if evaluating players is different in college than in the pros, Hale went on to explain that he doesn’t really think so, and offered a reminder that he has plenty of experience dealing with younger players.