What a weird day in MLB. In a year when hitting is down the Giants scored 18, the Nationals 14, the Orioles 13 and the Cardinals 10. Meanwhile the Dodgers beat the Angels 1-0

Impressive, but what’s the over/under as to when he blows out his elbow. That kind of sustained velocity has to come at a price. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

How terrible is the American League this year? The Red Sox at 22-29 and playing a truly awful brand of baseball are just 2.5 games behind the final wild card spot.

Happy 85th Birthday Bob Dylan. Still inspiring after all these years. May you build a ladder to the stars and climb on every rung And may you stay Forever young

Is it just the Red Sox or do pro baseball players seem to completely lack baseball IQ about the most basic fundamentals. It’s like all they are taught to do is hit the ball in the air and none of the rest of the game matters.

Shocked! Actually not. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

Red Sox 2 hit the Blue Jays tonight. Ranger Suarez went 8 strong giving up 1 hit and striking out 10. What if they were about to come out of their funk and all that drama was for nothing?

You and me both brother. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

Alex Cora and almost his whole coaching staff were fired yesterday. I’m on record being frustrated with this season, but this move makes the Red Sox look like clowns. How can you replace all those people mid season? And if you’re pulling from the minors what does that do to player development?

Quite the pitching line from Bryan Bellow tonight for the Red Sox. Just when you think it can’t get any uglier, this team finds a new level of terrible.

The numbers don’t lie. This team sucks real bad.

Man what kind of magic does Milwaukee have to take Red Sox retreads and turn them into effective starters.

Kyle Harrison was great in his Brewers debut: 5 innings, 4 hits, 1 walk, 1 run, 8 strikeouts. Got a no decision in his return to the National League. Talk about a good place for a young pitcher to land...

People getting excited over spring training games crack me up.

To go to the gym today, I am completely swagged out in boldstart sweat pants, a TechCrunch Disrupt t-shirt and an AWS re:invent hoodie.

Been listening to Waylon Jennings’ Honky Tonk Heroes I was down at Green Gables, a-hawking them tables And generally blowing all my hard-earned pay Piano rolled blues, danced holes in my shoes There weren't another other way to be For lovable losers, no-account boozers And honky-tonk heroes like me

Nothing but respect for Lindsey Vonn. What a fierce competitor.

When you think about how long many NFL franchises spend in the wilderness of competitive mediocrity looking desperately for a franchise quarterback, it is remarkable how quickly the New England Patriots found theirs.

Man I hate bullpen games and I hate them more in the middle of a playoff race. If Craig Breslow had done his job at the deadline and got a real starting pitcher instead of the entirely ineffective Dustin May, the Red Sox wouldn’t be in this situation.

Pretty good company.

This kid can play a little bit.

Happy Birthday to my childhood baseball hero.

I was just thinking how good the pitching is these days and then I see this. 😂

I just love this story.

As much as Stairway to Heaven has become a rock and roll cliche, I’m amazed just how great a song it is every time I hear it.

Queen performing at Live Aid 40 years ago with Freddie Mercury at the height of his power in absolute total command of the audience. Watch it from it from beginning to end and you will not regret a single second. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkFH...

“.. Jesus, that ear. He should donate it to the Smithsonian. .. He made all his records with four tracks, but you couldn't make his records if you had a hundred tracks today.” - Bob Dylan, on Brian Wilson #RIP “Good Vibrations” (1966)

RIP Brian Wilson. One of pop’s all time greats. Think I’m going to queue up Pet Sounds.

Is there anything more ridiculous in sports than the NFL trying to juice the schedule release into a must-see event?

Good goal for enterprise software.

Wall of fog from Salesforce Tower.

I had my biggest adventure in a ride share this week. I reserved a car to take me from my hotel to South Station in Boston. Not really paying attention and I look up and we’re at the airport. Glad I gave myself a good buffer or would have missed my train.

To be fair, you need to have contact for the bats to provide an advantage.

I’ve been listening this new Lord Huron song with actress Kristen Stewart delivering voice over poetry. It’s wild like 70s prog rock meets Alt Nation.

Elton John backs Ed Sheeran’s call for UK to put £250m into music education

Newport, RI at night.

If AI is to truly succeed we have to trust that it’s providing accurate information — and we are much more likely to judge AI harshly when it makes a mistake. fastforward.boldstart.vc/the-ai-trust...

With Skype shutting down May 5, wondering what alternatives there are for calling landlines?

My baseball dream is for fans to get mad at the billionaire owners who are lying about being broke and not spending money instead of the billionaire owners who are spending money. The dodgers used to have owners who took all the ticket money and bought themselves mansions instead of pitching!

I just got an email from Fubo reminding me that I can remove NFL Red Zone and save $11 a month. They didn’t have to tell me, but they did and talk about a goodwill gesture that makes you feel good about a brand.

Why is it so hard for large companies to move a generative AI project from proof of concept to scaled project? I decided to find out why. fastforward.boldstart.vc/heres-whats-...

Refreshing point of view. www.cnbc.com/2025/01/18/t...

It’s funny cuz it’s true.

the year is 2026, all 949 mlb players have signed with the dodgers, they are the favorites to win the world series

You couldn't help but notice the screaming headlines this week projecting massive job loss from AI, but as I dug deeper into the reports, I found that the picture wasn't quite as grim as the headlines might suggest.

Apparently it’s 1978 in Berlin in 2025.

Kaputte Kirche (broken church) in fog at night in Berlin. The church steeple was bombed in WWII and left that way as a kind of memorial.

David Bowie lived in this apartment from 1976-1978, for a time with Iggy Pop. They both came to get sober and make music. Bowie recorded the so-called Berlin Trilogy while living there: Low, Heroes and Lodger.

Merry Christmas. Cartoon by the wonderful Liz Climo