James Llewellyn Neidlinger (born September 24, 1964) is a former

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. Neidlinger attended

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. and signed as a free agent with the

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in 1984. He made his major league debut on August 1, 1990, with the

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, starting twelve games during that season. In November 2019, Neidlinger was named head coach of the

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baseball team. Prior to this, he had spent a decade as an assistant coach at

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