Diversifying Operations.

Major League Baseball is a business. That's what they all say, right? It exists to make rich old men richer. We all get that. But what do you do when you've cut expenses and your revenue streams are tapped out? You branch out and forge new revenue streams, engage in new operations; the most successful corporations do it. My best guess is that MLB has taken on a contract from some (not being political) nefarious government to engage in a sleep deprivation study; with the specific purpose of finding out how long a subject takes to crack while being subjected to indirect stressors and deprived of sleep.

Currently on their website, MLB is seeking volunteers for the study by advertising a Dream Job. The description of which details a position where the subject/employee will watch every baseball game played during the 2011 baseball season and blog about it. The subject/employee will "literally follow baseball non-stop, as you will be charged with watching every single game of the 2011 season, blogging about all your thoughts and opinions, and discussing the hottest topics in baseball." Among the qualifications are strong writing skills, creativity, and being a baseball expert. They do fail to mention that the candidate will need to be able to operate a time machine.

On more days than not, there are fifteen baseball games that the subject would be required to watch with enough attention to be able to form an opinion on said game. Even if we assume that by cutting out all of the commercial breaks and pitching changes and catcher visits to the mound that the game could be compressed down to a crisp two hours, that's still thirty hours of baseball to watch in generally less than twenty-four hours. It sounds like a quick way to burn out on baseball and kill any joy that the subject originally had in the game which lead them to apply for such a position.

I do enjoy their correct usage of 'literally', though. It makes me happy.