# Most thankless position in team sports?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [October 2, 2019, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-thankless-position-in-team-sports/841135 "2019-10-02T03:29:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-thankless-position-in-team-sports/841135/41 "2019-10-13T04:07:24Z")

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#2 catcher in baseball. You get to play on day games that follow night games. Otherwise you just sit in the dugout in case the #1 gets hurt.

In four man bobsled, those two guys in the middle who once their in the sled are basically ballast.

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