the easiest job in the world award

2nd runner up for easiest job in the world: pinch runner for a major league baseball team. you sit on the bench most of the time. in rare situations, you enter in the game for the purpose of running.

1st runner up: third-base coach for a major league baseball team. you stand by third base and tell the runner to either stop at third, or go home.

and the easiest job in the world award goes to: first-base coach for a major league baseball team. you stand by first base and tell the runner to stop at first or go to second. the first-base coach has a slight advantage over the third-base coach in terms of ease, because the third-base coach has slightly more responsibility.

i am unsure why any of these positions exist, and i'm sure they pay more than my current job.

i could write more about the baffling sport of baseball, like why they play 162 regular season games, and only 13 to 21 games in the playoffs, or why the abbreviation for a strikeout is 'k' and the abbreviation for a walk is 'bb' - i'll save that for a future entry.