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Ron Miller

@ronmiller.bsky.social
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Founder and Editor FastForward blog. Former boldstart, TechCrunch; Boston sports fanatic.

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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
With gas prices at this Amsterdam gas station working out to over $10 a gallon U.S., it explains the popularity of the bike trails in the city, but I was still surprised to see normal bumper to bumper rush hour traffic from my hotel room window every morning.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Captain Carl.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
When you hear the owners crying poverty after the season is over and locking out the players, remember this. Baseball is awash in money. I have zero sympathy for the owners.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Don’t look now, but this completely improbable Red Sox team is just 2.5 behind the Yankees for the top AL wild card spot.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
As Joe Morgan would have said, Tolle spun a beauty. The Sox needed it, breaking a five game losing streak.
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MLB @mlbbot.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
-Payton Tolle: 8 shutout innings -Caleb Durbin: 3-for-5, grand slam, 5 RBI @RedSox take the series finale!
Final Score Graphic:
Boston Red Sox 7 (65-56), Toronto Blue Jays 0 (59-64)

Pictured: Caleb Durbin reacts after hitting a grand slam. He is wearing a gray Red Sox uniform and dark blue batting helmet.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I don’t envy the sports writers who have to explain what happened at the end of the top of the 7th in Toronto, but both teams forgot how many outs there were. The runner on third, trotted home without tagging .The inning ended and after much discussion, the Red Sox were awarded a run. 🤷
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TSN @tsnofficial.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Moving up to 10th on the all-time Ks list, Max Scherzer 👏 With four strikeouts vs. Phillies, the 42-year-old surpasses Walter Johnson on MLB’s career strikeouts leaderboard.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
These Red Sox are simply relentless. They… just…keep…coming. No give.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Dodgers get soundly beat by Cubs in Skubul’s debut and the ESPN headline: Even in loss Skubal plenty good. The headline should have been: Cubs beat Skubal in first start since trade.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I expected the bubble to burst when the Red Sox came back from the break, but they improbably swept the Rays in a double header. This with their spring training lineup. I’m still having trouble believing in this team.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The Red Sox went an improbable 9-0 on their pre ASB road trip. Yet they are still a deeply flawed baseball team. What bugs me is they might think they can be buyers now and they should absolutely sell Sonny Grey, Aroldis Chapman and one or two of their utility players to the highest bidders.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Only 34 when he reached 300. Most now believe we will never see another 300 game winner. Today’s pitchers throw harder and break down frequently. I wonder what was different in that era. Even as recently as the 70s teams had 4-man rotations. I remember Luis Tiant throwing 150 pitches.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Sonny Gray has to be the most disrespected pitcher in MLB this season. Despite a 10-1 record with a 2.61 ERA on an extremely mediocre Red Sox team, he was overlooked for the All Star team
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Got on a plane last summer and learned Rafael Devers had been traded while I was in the air. Got on a plane yesterday and Jaylen Brown was traded while I was in the air. Two blockbusters that made each team worse and got not enough in return.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I wrote a piece using the Red Sox dismal season to show that even when you have good data and custom models, it doesn’t guarantee a good outcome. That’s because baseball is played by humans and Red Sox management seems to have forgotten that. www.fastforward.blog/what-the-red...
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What the Red Sox season teaches us about AI
As many of you know, I'm a Boston sports fan, especially the Red Sox. This year they are among the worst teams in the league, and it seems their story is a case study in how difficult transformation a...
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
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
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
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/_/...
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Brewers' Misiorowski hits 100 mph 57 times, fans 12 in gem
Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski matched a career high with 12 strikeouts, carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning and hit 100 mph on more than half his pitches in Monday's win over the Cardinals.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
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.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Shocked! Actually not. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
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Red Sox place Garrett Crochet on IL with shoulder inflammation
The Red Sox placed ace Garrett Crochet on the 15-day IL with inflammation in his pitching shoulder.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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?
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
You and me both brother. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
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Trevor Story questions Red Sox's direction after firing Alex Cora
Trevor Story said the reasoning for Red Sox manager Alex Cora being fired wasn't "satisfactory" and added that it's "up in the air what the true direction of the franchise is."
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
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?
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
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.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The numbers don’t lie. This team sucks real bad.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Man what kind of magic does Milwaukee have to take Red Sox retreads and turn them into effective starters.
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McCovey Chronicles @mccoveychronicles.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
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...
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
People getting excited over spring training games crack me up.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
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.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
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
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Nothing but respect for Lindsey Vonn. What a fierce competitor.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
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.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
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.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Pretty good company.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
This kid can play a little bit.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Happy Birthday to my childhood baseball hero.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I was just thinking how good the pitching is these days and then I see this. 😂
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
I just love this story.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
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.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
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...
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Live Aid 1985: Queen Full Set HQ
YouTube video by Astrolux777
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
“.. 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)
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
RIP Brian Wilson. One of pop’s all time greats. Think I’m going to queue up Pet Sounds.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Is there anything more ridiculous in sports than the NFL trying to juice the schedule release into a must-see event?
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Good goal for enterprise software.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Wall of fog from Salesforce Tower.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
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.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
To be fair, you need to have contact for the bats to provide an advantage.
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Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
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.
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Who Laughs Last (feat. Kristen Stewart)
Lord Huron, Kristen Stewart · Who Laughs Last · Song · 2025
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