Hall of Famer Molitor mentoring Kernels
Paul Molitor’s Hall of Fame Major League career spanned 21 seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers, Toronto Blue Jays and Minnesota Twins. He accumulated more than 3,000 hits, had a career batting average above .300 and stole more than 500 bases. No other Major Leaguer in the past 70 years has accomplished that combination of career milestones and only three other players in history have done so (Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner and Eddie Collins).
These days, Molitor is sharing his knowledge and experience with young players as the Twins’ Minor League Coordinator for Baserunning and Infield Play. That title may sound like a mouthful, but as Molitor, who is in Cedar Rapids working with the Kernels during the current homestand, says, “Titles are overrated a little bit.”
“It’s an opportunity for me to travel around the system and help try to teach, along with the staff on each club,” Molitor explained, prior to Thursday night’s game between the Kernels and Quad Cities at Veterans Memorial Stadium, “and I do focus on those two areas, but invariably I get involved with some of the hitting aspects.”
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