“Rick Wolff’s résumé is about as long as a Major League roster, his disparate professions inked by an adoration of sports and a fascination with sports psychology,” The New York Times said. He was a professional baseball player, a college baseball coach, an author of books about sports psychology, and an editor and publisher of books by athletes.

In the early 1990s, he became the psychological coach for the Cleveland baseball team now known as the Guardians, helping them rise from the American League basement to perennial pennant contenders. And for 25 years, he was the host of “The Sports Edge,” a show on the New York sports station WFAN dedicated to helping families navigate the increasingly competitive world of youth sports.

Rick Wolff died on April 10 at his home in Armonk, NY. He was 71.