Every day the kids had to learn three new words in English and use them in conversation. Q: How long did it take to explain the terms like fastball and curveball to them?Ī: This is where J.B. When they play catch in cricket they catch the ball with their throwing hand.

Through the interpreter they told us that they thought the glove was to keep their non-throwing hand warm. They didn’t realize that the glove was for catching the ball. Q: As they first started trying to throw a baseball, after throwing a cricket ball or javelin, what was the result?Ī: Well, it was ugly. I don’t know if it will ever happen again, those circumstances, but for me it was like getting two 17- or 18-year-olds, a blank slate, and starting from scratch. They were two great kids who didn’t mind working from dawn to dark every day and on top of that working when they got back to their lodging. Q: How much time did you have to do that?Ī: Initially, I was told we had a year. It went conditioning and then mechanics and during that time frame try to teach them as much as they could possibly learn about the game of baseball.

I probably had the easiest job of anybody involved with the project.Ī: What we did first was condition them that they had the strength to handle the workload of throwing a baseball not just on flat ground, but on a mound also. I thought it was well done across the board. It represented very well the agent and the two kids, to get here to the United States and how hard they worked to sign a contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and how hard the agent, J.B. A: I thought it was a really, really good show.

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