Remember when: Hale's blast sent McCray through the wall

As FOX Sports Arizona's 2009 10th Inning profile of Chip Hale aptly points out, the Diamondbacks new skipper already had a career full of rich and illustrious baseball memories five years ago.

He begins to chart a new course today as the seventh manager in franchise history, so presumably, he'll have plenty more memorable moments to add to his playlist. In the meantime, we mark the occasion by dialing up the wayback machine for this clip of Hale's blast that sent Vancouver's Rodney McCray through the outfield fence.

Now, if he can only get the current Diamondbacks to run through walls for him.

By the way, here's that 2009 profile of Hale, complete with managerial foreshadowing.