Pai had a system for teaching us baseball. He introduced one skill at a time, making sure we mastered it before moving on to the next. First, he taught us how to catch a ball. For days and weeks, we did nothing but play catch. Two hands. Get in front of the ball. He didn’t yell. He talked. He was loose and comfortable. He talked more in one afternoon on the baseball field than in a week at home.

These passages alone are worth the cover price.

Pai breaking down the complex game of baseball to one skill at a time. T

The Bengie Molina method reminds me of Jiro Dreams of Sushi – rice first. You master the rice first before moving on to the next skill.

Bengie Molina and Joan Ryan, Molina: The Story of the Father Who Raised an Unlikely Baseball Dynasty (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015). pg 20