For baseball minor leaguers from Latin America, developing the experience to get to the major leagues may be their main goal, but learning how to get by in American culture and the English-speaking environment of airports, restaurants, and baseball terminology is also important. It’s deemed so critical by the Seattle Mariners’ management that their new Latin American players and prospects attend mandatory classes on how to assimilate into the culture. Instructor Becky Schnakenberg teaches them how to navigate airports, menus, umpire calls, and even dating.