Jason Bates, now with the Colorado Rockies, and Casey Candaele, with the Cleveland Indians, rest in front of the Alumni dug out while watching the home run derby held before the actual game on Feb. 8, 1998.

 Bruce McClelland / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona’s impressive list of baseball instructors/coaches from the Jerry Kindall tree grew last week when Casey Candaele, starting third baseman on Arizona’s 1980 NCAA championship team, became the Texas Rangers’ minor league field coordinator. Small world: When Candaele left Arizona after the 1982 season, he was replaced at third base by Jack Howell, who is now the minor league field coordinator for the Seattle Mariners. 

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