Robert Magallanes was the manager

Manager (baseball)

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 of the Birmingham Barons

Birmingham Barons

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, the Chicago White Sox

Chicago White Sox

The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...

 Double-A minor league

Minor league

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 affiliate. The Barons are a part of the Southern League

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. Magallanes is a native of Downey, California

Downey, California

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. He graduated from Bell High School

Bell High School (Bell, California)

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 in Bell, California

Bell, California

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 and attended Cerritos College

Cerritos College

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 in Norwalk, California

Norwalk, California

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. He was drafted in the 50th round of the June 1989 season by the Seattle Mariners

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, He played 12 seasons of professional baseball with the Mariners, Chicago Cubs

Chicago Cubs

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, and Houston Astros

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. He served as the hitting instructor for rookie-level Mesa Angels in 2002 for 2 seasons.

In 2003 Magallanes was named the manager of the Cedar Rapids Kernels. In 2005 Magallanes guided Cedar Rapids to a 65-75 record and narrowly missed making the playoffs by one game in the second half. In his professional managerial debut with the Kernels in 2004, Magallanes led the Kernels to a 75-64 record and a spot in the Midwest League playoffs. In 2006 the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim announced that he would be returning for his third consecutive season as the skipper of the Cedar Rapids Kernels.

Between 2007 and 2010 Magallanes was promoted to Manager of the Arkansas Travelers

Arkansas Travelers

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, the Double A affiliate of the Angels.

Magallanes' older brother, Ever

Ever Magallanes

Everardo "Ever" Magallanes Espinoza is a former major league baseball player and all-star minor league player...

, is a manger in the Angels' system. He has been tabbed to lead the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes

Rancho Cucamonga Quakes

The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes are a minor league baseball team in Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA. They are a Class A – Advanced team in the California League and a farm team of the Los Angeles Dodgers, their third major league affiliate in team history....

in 2008.

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