Month: August 2026

Track, Daily, Crush

Am I Seeing Double Edition
Nope. When searching for this week’s entries, two of the below cars were right near each other, which caused me to go see if there was a third match…

Track Daily Crush
Backdraft Racing RT4B 1990 Mazda MX-5 Miata 2006 Chrysler PT Cruiser
These look like they were made for the track but are probably only seen at your local Cars & Coffee. An OG Miata, 1990, and I wonder if it will top the nearly $19,000 of last week’s 1995 car. Last week’s crush was warranted; I rented a convertible one. I’m assuming these are as bad.

Here is what last week’s cars sold for or were bid to (if the reserve was not met):
Track: Backdraft Racing RT3B Bid to USD $62,800 07/30/2026
Daily: 1995 Mazda MX-5 Miata Sold for USD $18,751 07/30/2026
Crush: 2005 Chrysler PT Cruiser Bid to USD $13,500 07/30/2026

Red Sox chances of making the Wild Card round in the 2026 playoffs: 80.9%

 

Someone Has Sold Their Soul

I’m thinking it is Chad Tracy, the interim manager.

Since the beginning of July the Red Sox have played 27 games and have lost only 4 of them. On July 1st their playoff chances were listed as about 12%; as of today that number is almost 83%.

Here is why I think the Devil might be involved here. First, somehow they didn’t come out of the All-Star break with a losing streak as usual. Then, a week ago, they traded a pitcher that should have been on the All-Star team, who was 11-1 so far, for a power-hitting infielder named Curtis Reed. On his second at-bat with the Red Sox, Mr. Reed was hit on the forearm and will be out for the next 4-6 weeks with a non-displaced fracture. Now, this weekend we had a three-game series with what most folks would agree is the best team in baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Sox won all three, 9-4, 3-2 & 8-4.

Seeing as I’m not on Instagram anymore, I guess I’ll just try and post an image here…

Red Sox chances of making the Wild Card round in the 2026 playoffs: 82.7%

 

Lazy Day

Well, not really. I walked the three-mile round trip to Stomping Grounds for my latte, but other than that, I’ve been watching TV, working on a jigsaw, and feeding myself. Also, I posted my final image on Instagram.

Red Sox chances of making the Wild Card round in the 2026 playoffs: 80.8%