FUNderrated Sports Positions

Everyone grows up wanting to play QB or play Shortstop and bat leadoff or bring up the ball as the point guard and shoot step back threes or be Zdeno Chara. But not everyone can play those highly touted positions. Sometimes it's fun to be out of the spotlight on the sports world's biggest stage. I’m here to highlight some of what I think are some underratedly, I don’t know if that's a word but there's no red squiggly under it so I guess it plays, anyway, underratedly fun positions in sports.

First base coach

Get to hang out down the line all game. Talk to some MLB stars. And not have the stress of potentially getting someone thrown out at the plate. You also get the best seat in the house to watch the game. It's such a great role to have. Once in a while you’ll get a slow roller coming your way in foul territory that you can bare hand and toss into the stands. Such a sweet job.

hit and run incoming

Ball boy or girl

Arguably better than the first base coach is a little bit further down the line with the ball boy OR girl. We’ll just go with ball human. The ball human is always equipped with a glove. A couple times a year you’ll see one make a sick diving stop, textbook. There are only a couple stadiums left where the bullpens go down the line. Might just be Wrigley now actually. But I remember when some liners would be hit down the line at the A’s Coliseum and the ball boy would need to put his body on the line to save the arms in the bullpen. Imagine a 16 year old kid laying out to save your closer. Gotta love it.

full extension

Floor mopper

You kind of have to be on top of things as an NBA floor mopper. You can be the difference between a busted ankle and I guess a not busted ankle. I think it's just cool to be that close to the players. Sometimes like milliseconds after a play is done you see someone mopping up sweat with a rag in the paint. And the dudes like touching shoulders with Kenneth Faried before a free throw. Also when a little scuffle happens under the rim like the one between Ben Simmons and Jared Dudley, you’re right up in that action too. You can hear all the shit being talked.

good luck, Carlos Boozer's ass sweat

Pylon

Can’t play professional football without a damn pylon. They play such a huge role in the game and never get the respect they deserve. Always find a way to stay upright no matter how much wind there is, despite their light weight. It's always sick when a WR is going for the end zone then taps the top of the pylon for a TD even though their whole body is out of bounds. Back in the day Ochocinco would use one as a touchdown prop. I love the pylon cams too, how the hell do the cameras fit in there! Those angles of the goal line are always sick. There’s so much to love. The NFL landscape would be a whole lot different without those orange prisms.

what a beaut!