Catchfence

The first column I ever wrote about NASCAR posed the following question: Why are Sprint Cup drivers allowed to compete in the second-tier Nationwide Series?

At the time, I was new to the sport, but I figured following it for a while would cure me of such ignorance.

Years later, I still have no idea.

It has never made sense to me. Alex Rodriguez doesn’t go play AAA baseball in the minor leagues on his days off from the New York Yankees. Tiger Woods has no interest in leaving the PGA Tour to dabble in a Nationwide Tour event.

But until recently, the big-leaguers-playing-in-the-minors situation has been almost bizarrely funny to me. It certainly wasn’t worth getting upset over.

- Scene Daily