ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Mike Trout threw to the wrong base in a game early in his career, and even now, he can recall just about every word that Torii Hunter said to him about the play when they got back to the dugout: why he should have thrown homeward instead of to third base, why the runner at third started and then stopped and started again, and the pre-pitch visualization that must become second nature.
Hunter's explanation was absorbed, embedded and still utilized because this is how Trout attacks his own weaknesses. This is how he continues to get better.