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Former Pro Rob Dibble to Coach Calabasas Baseball

The relief pitcher played for the 1990 World Series champion Cincinatti Reds.

Rob Dibble, a relief pitcher for the 1990 World Series champion Cincinatti Reds, is the new coach for baseball team, according to ESPN.

Sources close to the school told ESPN the two-time National League All-Star will replace at the end of the Coyote's 2012 season.

Along with teammate Randy Myers, Dibble was the MVP of the 1990 National League Championship Series.

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Dibble lives in Agoura Hills and has coached Oaks Christian High School's varsity baseball team for the past two years. He also hosts the radio program Fox Sports Tonight on weekdays.

He says he's excited about joining the Calabasas athletics family.

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"I have lived and breathed baseball for 40 years, and I hope to take the many things I have learned from my dad to my high school coach to the many coaches at the major league level and give everything I can to the Calabasas baseball program," Dibble said in a statement. "This next season will be all about the young men who will play here and the experiences we will share on and off the field. This had been a dream of mine for a long time, I just wish the season started today.”

In addition to his success in the 1990s, Dibble is also remembered for being a member of the Nasty Boys in the Reds' bullpen and was named by the Los Angeles Times as one of the 40 most uncontrollable figures in baseball.

Dibble wouldn't be the first World Series champ to coach Coyotes baseball. Two-time American League Cy Young Award winner Bret Saberhagen, whose son Dalton Saberhagen attended Calabasas High, coached alongside Edsall from 2006-07.

Calabasas High's baseball team finished the 2012 season with a record of 8-19, and 5-9 in the Marmonte League.


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