Fundamentals are important to understanding and success, regardless of the subject or activity. According to former New York Mets catcher Clarence “Choo-Choo” Coleman, Mets manager Casey Stengel, frustrated by the ineffectiveness of the team in its first year (1962), decided they needed to return to the basics. During a locker room meeting, he held up a baseball and said, “This is a baseball,” to which Coleman interrupted, “Wait, you’re going too fast.”