Editing Paul Molitor (section)

==Personal life==
During the early years of his career, Molitor began using [[cocaine]] and [[Marijuana (drug)|marijuana]]. During the trial of a drug dealer in 1984, Molitor admitted that he had used drugs.<ref name=Fancy>{{cite news|last=Missanelli|first=M. G.|title=Molitor captures a nation's fancy|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1987/08/27/molitor-captures-a-nations-fancy/|access-date=March 9, 2014|newspaper=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|date=August 27, 1987}}</ref> Many years later, he said, "There are things you're not so proud of — failures, mistakes, dabbling in drugs, a young ballplayer in the party scene. Part of it was peer pressure. I was young and single, and hung around with the wrong people. ... You learn from it. You find a positive in it. It makes you appreciate the things that are good."<ref name=LAJ>{{cite news|title=Playing baseball helped Molitor open doors to hearts|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/072504/pro_072504069.shtml|access-date=March 9, 2014|newspaper=[[Lubbock Avalanche-Journal]]|date=July 25, 2004}}</ref> He claims to have stopped using drugs in 1981, and has since visited schools to lecture about the dangers of drug use.<ref name="seatimes20040725"/>

Molitor married Linda Kaplan in 1981, and had a daughter, Blaire. Before their 2003 divorce, it was revealed that he had fathered a son, Joshua, in an extramarital affair with Joanna Andreou, and was paying child support.<ref name=marriages>Daniel R. Levitt and Doug Skipper, [https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/f9d60ca6 Paul Molitor], SABR, Cronkite School at ASU, accessed April 19, 2017.</ref><ref name="Rogers">{{cite news|last=Rogers|first=Phil|title=Chaotic lives, blessed careers|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2004/07/26/chaotic-lives-blessed-careers/|access-date=March 9, 2014|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=July 26, 2004}}</ref> During his legal separation from Linda, he fathered another child, daughter Julia, with the woman who would become his second wife, Destini. Molitor and Destini married in 2014, and went on to have another child, son Benjamin.<ref name=marriages/><ref>https://www.mlb.com/player/paul-molitor-119236#:~:text=Paul%20Leo%20Molitor...,in%20summer%20of%201975...</ref>

During his Hall of Fame induction speech, Molitor mentioned his difficult family relationships; the divorce from Linda caused such hard feelings that his ex-wife and their daughter almost did not attend his induction ceremony.<ref name="Rogers">{{cite news|last=Rogers|first=Phil|title=Chaotic lives, blessed careers|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2004/07/26/chaotic-lives-blessed-careers/|access-date=March 9, 2014|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=July 26, 2004}}</ref><ref name="marriages" />

Molitor's nephew is professional disc golfer Cale Leiviska.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 24, 2020 |title=Pro disc golf tourney to be hosted in Minnesota by Paul Molitor's nephew |url=https://www.kare11.com/article/sports/cale-leiviska-pro-disc-golfer/89-a34bbed0-58c9-4b99-8d7c-b37dbd1b3ddf |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=kare11.com |language=en-US}}</ref>