Major League Baseball (MLB) has been more than willing to hire minorities to coach first base, a position that’s not as prestigious or strategically important to the game as the third-base coach position, which is considered a major stepping stone to becoming a team’s manager. Currently, 67% of all first-base coaches either are black or Hispanic. The percentage across the diamond at third base is only 23%. The disparity between the two coaching posts has doubled in size since 1990. As recently as 2005, there were twelve minority third-base coaches, but this year there are only seven: four Hispanics and three blacks. All 30 current pitching coaches are white, even though 32% of pitchers are minorities.