I mediate a lot of personal injury cases - often involving automobile accidents. Eventually it will also be available for free loan from Program Resources Department. Yes - thats another advantage. If a case is mediated and one party does not abide by the agreement, the other party can still go to court to enforce the agreement, or to bring a new lawsuit. Often older persons are reluctant to go through the adversarial process in the courts.
Mediation is a friendlier alternative.
Re baseball - it could be either. Based on my limited knowledge of the subject, I'd say he is a mediator. Jimmy Carter was also a mediator in Haiti. The best place to be trained is by a local community mediation center or court program. Lately it seems like there are more folks who want to be mediators than there are cases to mediate.