What is the most difficult position to play in team sports?
Recently, my co-workers and I passed a lunch break arguing this question. It was inspired by our school’s baseball coach who—in lauding his catcher—proclaimed this position to be the most difficult in all of team sports. Bedlam ensued and we soon forced him to take back the remark. We respected catchers, no doubt about it. But the hardest in all of team sports? That dog wouldn’t hunt.
After some back and forth (and the occasional personal insult), we found ourselves with two legitimate contenders to this particular throne: NHL goalie and NFL quarterback.