How to teach some one about baseball
Teach the history of baseball, beginning with Abner Doubleday
and the impact of cricket and imperialism. Have a test.
Starting with the Negro leagues and the early barnstorming
teams, assign students to memorize facts and figures about each
player. Have a test.
Rank the class on who did well on the first two tests, and
allow these students to memorize even more statistics about
baseball players. Make sure to give equal time to players in
Japan and the Dominican Republic. Send the students who didn't
do as well to spend time with a lesser teacher, but assign them
similar work, just over a longer time frame. Have a test.
Sometime in the future, do a field trip and go to a baseball
game. Make sure no one has a good time.
If there's time, let kids throw a baseball around during
recess.
Obviously, there are plenty of kids (and adults) who know far
more about baseball than anyone could imagine knowing. And none
of them learned it this way.
Seth Godin