It Works

Two weeks ago I found out that the FRS were the free game of the day on MLBTV, so I thought I’d tune in. They were in last place in the division at 5 wins and 6 loses, but hey it’s still early in the season. I just looked today and currently the Red Sox are 13 & 13 and still in last place in the division, two games behind the Yankees and eight behind the division leading Tampa Bay Rays. Oh. well, wait’ll next year.

Plus I also wanted to see a game and check on how the whole pitch clock thing was working out. I’m not sure how the players like the clock, but according to a Bleacher Report article, MLB says it has knocked an average of 26 minutes from game times. Wow. The game I watched with the Angels still went almost 3 hours, but hey, it could have been nearly 3-1/2 hours.

I scanned back several games and found that several of their games have been just a few minutes over two and a half hours. This means that if I was still back on the east coast those 7:10 PM starts would be ending at a sensible half past ten. This pitch clock thing might have even prevented those games against their arch rivals the Yankees running to nearly midnight. And if I remember, I’ll see how long the games against New York when they play them on back to back weekends in early June.

Sport, Off-Road, Touring

Act Now! Edition of SORT
As of Monday, April 24, 2023 at 4:00 PM pacific time:

Sport Off-Road Touring
2005 Mazda RX-8 1988 Suzuki Samurai 1963 Chevrolet Nova
Bidding will end around noon tomorrow, so if you want one, you had better act now!

Here is what last week’s cars sold for, or bid to (if the reserve was not met):
Sports: 1974 Porsche 911 Bid to $135,000 on 4/21/23
Off-Road: 1987 Volkswagen Vanagon Sold for $28,000 on 4/20/23
Touring: 2003 Chevrolet Corvette Sold for $29,500 on 4/23/23

Sport, Off-Road, Touring

International BAT Appreciation Day Edition of SORT
As of Monday, April 17, 2023 at 2:00 PM pacific time:

Sport Off-Road Touring
1974 Porsche 911 1987 Volkswagen Vanagon 2003 Chevrolet Corvette
International BAT Appreciation Day has nothing to do with Bring A Trailer itself, but it has everything to do with showing our flying and mostly nocturnal friends some love. As well as an opportunity to delve deep and learn the important role bats play in the ecosystem and biodiversity.

Here is what last week’s cars sold for, or bid to (if the reserve was not met):
Sports: 1988 Honda CRX Si Sold for $15,000 on 4/15/23
Off-Road: 2014 Toyota FJ Cruiser Sold for $40,750 on 4/13/23
Touring: 2001 BMW 325Ci Sold for $16,000 on 4/12/23

Thursday Is The New Friday

According to Amazon, Season 5 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel was supposed to start on Friday, April 14th, but I just finished watching Episode 1. I’ve run into this before on Amazon Prime, with Season 4 of this show, as well as Season 1 of Reacher last year too. My theory is that it is a time zone thing, it is already tomorrow in Europe (and it is also almost tomorrow on the East Coast right now too), but who knows.

As I mentioned a few weeks ago IMDB had nine episodes listed for this season, but no real dates on the episodes except for April 14, 2023 for the first. I wondered how they would show each episode, and if IMDB is correct, we get all of the first three episodes this week and the following six will come out one at a time every “Friday” until the show finale on May 26th.

I’ve watched episode one and I wonder if I can stretch out the other two episodes during this week gap, say every other day, so as to bridge the gap until episode four next “Friday.” Oh, who am I kidding, I’ll probably watch them tomorrow morning…

Sport, Off-Road, Touring

Green Jacket Edition of SORT
As of Monday, April 10, 2023 at 4:00 PM pacific time:

Sport Off-Road Touring
1988 Honda CRX Si 2014 Toyota FJ Cruiser 2001 BMW 325Ci
I was considering buying one of these, but then the Miata happened. I rode in one of these once and didn’t really like it, but it is growing on me. I drove one of these back in 200 on a Susan Komen Ultimate Drive. Very nice.

Here is what last week’s cars sold for, or bid to (if the reserve was not met):
Sports: 1993 Viper Defender Sold for $141,777 on 4/4/23
Off-Road: 1975 Steyr-Puch Pinzgauer Sold for $22,000 on 4/9/23
Touring: 1988 CMC Tiffany Classic Sold for $14,500 on 4/5/23

What’s The Buzz

Tell me what’s happening.

It’s Easter weekend which means it was time for my sporadic annual rewatching of my favorite rock opera – Jesus Christ Superstar.

Some folks have called this rock opera/stage play/movie blasphemes, but how about this for blasphemes, Marjorie Taylor Greene comparing Donald Trump’s recent arrest to Jesus’s arrest a couple of centuries ago.

Though having heard this comment earlier in the week while watching the movie it got me thinking, maybe she’s on to something, Substitute Jewish priests for the NYC DA’s office, the Donald for Jesus, Stormy Daniels for Mary Magdalene and Michael Cohen for Judas.

After the overture the first song is ‘Heaven on Their Minds’ and the first stanza works well unchanged:
[JUDAS]
My mind is clearer now
At last, all too well
I can see where we all soon will be
If you strip away
The myth from the man
You will see where we all soon will be

Now, in no way do I think that Mr. Trump is in any way worthy of adoration, but wow, as I was listening to the rest of the songs in the movie there were several that could also be slightly reworked to fit my analogy…

Anyway, try and have a Happy Easter.

Clean Mini

Todays high was 49° and partly sunny, so I hand washed the Mini in the driveway. This was the first time it received this treatment. We bought the car in late October and I probably wiped down the lower sides of the car around Thanksgiving in preparation for the side stripes. Winter set in and I think by the middle of December the Mini was filthy, so after coming home it got a Meguiar’s Quik Detailer towel wash. The next wash was almost exactly 2 months ago on February 4th, but that was a trip through an automatic car wash.

I’m hoping that we have seen the last of the snow for this winter and if you can believe the long range forecast of the AccuWeather meteorologists we have. There will be few scattered days of rain in the next couple of weeks, so the snow tire removal is imminent. This Sunday looks good, sunny and a high of sixty.