The Curse of the Bambino, revisited

Now, I've never been much of a baseball fan, and I doubt that anyone who likes NASCAR will ever see this post, but bear with me because I have a few interesting theories.

The Curse flipped?

I don't know if I'm the first one to suggest this, but based on recent developments I'm starting to think that the legendary Curse of the Bambino has not only been reversed, but "flipped" so that the Red Sox will be the new team to beat for decades to come while the Yankees will struggle for another World Series championship. Think about it: Although the Yankees were like Dallas Cowboys or Minneapolis/L.A. Lakers of baseball from the time Babe Ruth was traded until the Curse was broken, but the Red Sox have now won two World Series titles in less than 5 years while the Yankees haven't made it to the biggest event in baseball since then. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

NASCAR's Curse of the Bambino?

While the Hendrick Motorsports stable has been one of the most dominant teams in NASCAR with three of it's drivers winning a total of 7 championships ever since Jeff Gordon rose to fame in the early 90s, they may have started what one might call "The Curse of the Busch-bino". With Dale Earnhardt Jr. leaving his stepmother's race team at the end of 2007, Hendrick Motorsports elected to drop then-lackluster performer Kyle Busch in order to make room for Dale Jr. However, Kyle Busch then signed with the Joe Gibbs Racing team and has been on fire as a breakout star from the beginning of 2008, currently leading the Sprint Cup points standings 5 races into the season. Meanwhile, Dale Jr. is the only Hendrick driver currently in a Chase advancement position at 6th, with 4-time Cup champion Jeff Gordon and defending champ Jimmie Johnson struggling to perform after a dominant 2007 season. A coffee table book about the golden age of Trans-Am calls 1968 "Camaro and Porsche - The Mark and Tony Show"; Perhaps 2008 will go down in NASCAR lore as "Hendrick and Toyota - The Dale and Kyle Show". [Joe Gibbs Racing currently runs Toyotas.] Or maybe Hendrick Motorsports will become to NASCAR in the 21st century what the Red Sox were to baseball in the 20th century. Only time will tell.