Baseball and Nascar--A Fractured Relationship

Throughout history, Nascar has had two constants--lots and lots of white people, and catastrophic relationships with the sport of baseball. Don't remember 'em all? Lets take a look back:

Yesterday--Kurt Busch feebly throws out the first pitch at a Diamondbacks game, resembling Mitch Williams on acid. However, he DID manage to avoid pulverizing a small bird.

2005--Jeff Gordon draws the ire of Cubs fans when, during the 7th-inning stretch, he refers to "Wrigley Stadium", forgets the words to "Take Me Out To The Ballgame", and realizes that he never had a childhood.

2000--Dale Earnhardt purchases the Piedmont Boll Weevils, changing the team's name to the Kannapolis Intimidators. To date, the boll weevil boycot of GM remains in effect.

1995--During the baseball strike, Darrell Waltrip attempts to make the roster of the Atlanta Braves as a scab player. Though excellent in tryouts, Waltrip strangely hung around when the strike ended, making many wonder if he'd hung on too long in the sport he once excelled at.

1989--Pete Rose leaves a black mark on sports, still present till this day, when he sells his haircut to Bobby Labonte to pay off old gambling debts. Mike Schmidt defends him.

1983--The Orioles win the World Series. 23 years of losing and frustration follow, embittering local fan Mike Mackler so much, that he creates a cynical and sarcastic Nascar website.

1975--Sports writers roundly ignore Richard Petty's torrid run through the 70's, as they are too busy rhapsodizing about Willie Mays falling in the Shea Stadium center field.

1959--The New York Yankess somehow manage to win the Nascar Grand National Championship.