Errors with a readFile method

Question

I wrote a method that is designed to read input from a file (readPlayers) and am getting two errors that I cannot figure out. Can you suggest why I'm getting these errors? The first error is on line 17 public void readPlayers( fin, teamArray) and reads:      Syntax error on token "(", = expected
     Syntax error on token ")", ; expected
the second error is on line 53 else (type.equals("Hockey")) and reads Syntax error, insert ";" to complete Statement
     Syntax error, insert "AssignmentOperator ArrayInitializer" to complete ArrayInitializerAssignement
Neither of these errors seem to fit so I'm wondering if the actual errors occur earlier in the code.??? Any help would be appreciated.
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.*;
public class TeamTwo
     private String city;
     //private String [] player;
     private static String cout;
     public static void main(String [] args) throws IOException
          Scanner fin = TFI.OpenInputFile();
          Scanner kb = new Scanner (System.in);
          int menuChoice = 0;
          public void readPlayers( fin, teamArray)
              Player newPlayer = null;
              int games = 0;               //basketball player
              int timesBatted = 0;     //baseball player
              double battingAvg = 0.0;//baseball player
              int score = 0;               //hockey player
              Player [] teamArray = new Player [1];
             // String cityName = fin.nextLine();
              if(fin.hasNext())
                    city = fin.nextLine();
              while (fin.hasNext())
                       String type = fin.nextLine();
                       String firstName = fin.nextLine();
                       String lastName = fin.nextLine();
                       int salary = fin.nextLine();
                       fin.next();//clears buffer
                       if (type.equals("Basketball"))
                           games = fin.nextInt();
                           newPlayer = new Basketball(firstName, lastName, salary);
                       else if (type.equals("Baseball"))
                           battingAvg = fin.nextDouble();
                           timesBatted = fin.nextInt();
                           newPlayer = new Baseball(firstName, lastName, salary);
                       else (type.equals("Hockey"))
                           scoring = fin.nextInt();
                           newPlayer = new Hockey(firstName, lastName, salary);
                       fin.next();//clears buffer
                       teamArray.addPlayer( newPlayer );//call the addPlayer function
                  }//end while
          }//end readPlayers function
          

Answer 1

The first error is on line 17
public void readPlayers( fin, teamArray)When declaring a method, you have to indicate the types of the parameters, e.g., public void readPlayers(Scanner fin, Player[] teamArray) {Further, you may NEVER define a method within another method.
the second error is on line 53
else (type.equals("Hockey"))type.equals("...") is only for testing equality. It returns a boolean value of true or false. There are two possible solutions here:
else if (type.equals("Hockey")) //to test if variable "type" is set to the value "Hockey"
or
else (type="Hockey") //to force the variable "type" to represent the string "Hockey"
Which to use depends on what you want to accomplish.