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Both Ever Magallanes and Dan Ricabal
were members of the Cerritos College baseball team
during their collegiate playing days, but were never
on the same team. They will get their chance to run
a team together after Magallanes was recently named
the manager of the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, an
Advanced-A California League affiliate of the Los
Angeles Angels of Anaheim, while Ricabal was
appointed the team’s pitching coach.
Last season,
Magallanes was the manager of the Class-A Cedar
Rapids Kernals and guided them to third-place
(78-61) in the Midwest League and a spot in the
playoffs. Prior to 2007, Magallanes was the manager
of the Tempe Angels for one season and led them to a
34-21 record, but lost a one-game playoff to the
Padres. In his playing career, the 42-year-old
former shortstop played with five different
organizations including the Cleveland Indians
(1987-92), Chicago White Sox (1992), Texas Rangers
(1993-94), Arizona Diamondbacks (2004) and the
independent Mexican League (1995-2003, 2005).
While at
Cerritos College from 1984-85, Magallanes helped the
Falcons to the state championship his sophomore
season and was a 1st Team All-South Coast
Conference selection and earned the team’s Most
Improved Player Award. He then moved on to Texas A&M
University, where he was originally drafted by
Cleveland in the 10th Round in 1987 and
made his major league debut May 17, 1991.
As for
Ricabal, he spent the last three seasons as the
pitching coach at the University of California,
Santa Barbara, while he also was the pitching coach
for the Arizona League Angels in 2006. While at UC
Santa Barbara, Ricabal was also responsible for
recruiting and fundraising.
Ricabal immediately began his coaching career in
2000 as the pitching coach for the College of the
Canyons and served as an administrative assistant at
his alma mater, Cal State Fullerton in 2001.
In his two seasons with the
Falcons from 1990-91, Ricabal was a 1st
Team All-South Coast Conference selection as a
sophomore when he went 10-1 and also earned
All-American honors. He transferred to Cal State
Fullerton, where he was an All-American pitcher and
posted a 23-4 record and went 2-0 in the 1994
College World Series.
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers
as a free agent in 1994, Ricabal went 5-1 with a
0.31 ERA and 12 saves in his first season at Yakima.
Ricabal holds the Florida State League record for
most appearances in a season with 75 games pitched
for Vero Beach, in 1996. Ricabal made it to Double-A
ball and ended his professional career with the San
Francisco Giants organization in 1999 with a 20-22
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