Ari Kaplan

Databricks ; Caltech Alumni of the Decade ; Moneyball analyst for MLB teams, creator of Cubs analytics dept, SMWW Baseball Faculty

[Ari Kaplan @arikaplan1]

The best corporate entrance of my life - at @celebaltech 's global HQ in Jaipur, India. You have to watch the video to believe it!

"Think Celebal. Think @databricks" #databricks

[TicketData Keith @kapkap42]

A NEW ALL-TIME RECORD!

Rays at Brewers Game 1 is officially the most expensive World Series game EVER, with a get-in price of $2,432 measured ~90 minutes before first pitch.

Most expensive World Series games (based on get-in price ~90 minutes before first pitch):

1. 2026 Rays at Brewers Game 1 - $2,338
2. 2016 Indians at Cubs Game 4 - $1,809
3. 2016 Indians at Cubs Game 3 - $1,609
4. 2019 Astros at Nationals Game 3 - $1,584
5. 2025 Dodgers at Blue Jays Game 7 - $1,377
6. 2022 Astros at Phillies Game 4 - $1,347
7. 2021 Astros at Braves Game 5 - $1,218
8. 2024 Yankees at Dodgers Game 2 - $1,202
9. 2016 Indians at Cubs Game 5 - $1,149
10. 2025 Dodgers at Blue Jays Game 2 - $1,069
11. 2025 Dodgers at Blue Jays Game 6 - $1,044
12. 2024 Dodgers at Yankees Game 3 - $951
13. 2016 Cubs at Indians Game 7 - $942

Full historical data as well as trends for the rest of the World Series:
https://t.co/c815zonJUb

[Databricks @databricks]

With Unity Catalog managed tables, you can keep your data in cloud storage you own, at a location you control.

✓ Set managed storage locations at the metastore, catalog, or schema level
✓ Change where new tables land as requirements evolve
✓ Choose the destination when converting external tables to managed

Read our guide to storing Unity Catalog managed tables: ​​ https://t.co/4j523jNh5C

[Ari Kaplan @arikaplan1]

#marlins got a great hire. Braden was in my #smww baseball analytics course and was phenomenal!

[Fish On First Prospects @FOFProspects]

Per his Instagram, the #Marlins have hired Braden Halladay, son of MLB Hall of Famer Roy Halladay, as a Minor League pitching coach.

[Shiri_Sabra @sabra_the]

The City Gate to the Biblical City of Dan, formerly Laish, Genesis 14. This gate is 4,000 years old, and you are looking at something that Abraham saw

[Kyle Glaser @KyleAGlaser]

For my old friends at @BaseballAmerica, I compiled the sizes of each team’s scouting staff.

Note that many teams frequently renowned for their technology and analytics (Dodgers, Rays, Brewers) also have some of the largest scouting staffs in MLB.

https://t.co/Iu4577ReKe

[Ari Kaplan @arikaplan1]

Jackie Dixon gave me a tour of #chessRecords, and talked about her father #williedixon - known as the most influential musician in #Chicago history. Beatles early cover songs, Led Zeppelin (her dad wrote Whole Lotta Love, Bring it on Home), Stones,Bo Didley, Chuck Berry,Buddy Guy

[Ari Kaplan @arikaplan1]

Cap Anson, founder of #MLB. Same cemetery as Commissioner Kenesaw Mointain Landis (“shoeless Joe Jackson”
ruling) and #olympic gold medalist Jesse Owens (and Nobel prize winner #fermi). Oak Woods Cemetary, #chicago

[Nikita | Scaling Lakebase Postgres @nikitabase]

Can a single database architecture satisfy both vibe-coded and large scale enterprise apps?

The same approach makes small database ultra cheap to run and branch can also make a large one faster and easier to operate. We call this architecture Lakebase.

[Databricks @databricks]

The energy has been electric at #DataAIWorldTour 2026, and we’re not even halfway through!

Next up:
🌬️ Thu, Oct 29 — Chicago
🇩🇪 Wed, Nov 4 — Munich
🍑 Tue, Nov 10 — Atlanta
🇳🇱 Tue, Nov 10 — Amsterdam
🇬🇧 Wed, Nov 11 — London

Across each stop, learn how organizations are grounding AI in enterprise data and business context, governing data and AI usage, and putting apps, agents and analytics into production.

Find a stop near you: https://t.co/Xh9fSheUWQ

[Ari Kaplan @arikaplan1]

Went shoeless at Kenesaw Mountain Landis’s gravesite (an ode to Shoeless Joe Jackson)

[Databricks @databricks]

Saturday night under the lights at Databricks Field at California Memorial Stadium.

Cal vs. Wake Forest. Databricks on the field, on the helmets and in the stands.

Kickoff at 7:30 PM PT.

#GoBears 🐻

[Ari Kaplan @arikaplan1]

Clever

[AT @BaseballWRLD_]

We are 3 Brewers wins away from a Will Smith not winning the World Series for the first time since 2019

[Always the Jake @JacobsFieldRBW]

I don’t think we’re talking enough about how the Guardians pitching staff set a literal MLB record for most strikeouts in a nine-inning game last night.

21 strikeouts. That had NEVER happened before in nearly 500,000 opportunities in MLB history, regular season or postseason.

[MLB @MLB]

This play was straight pandemonium 😮

You never know what's going to happen in the Postseason. The Dodgers and Brewers run it back tonight 👀

[Baseball Is Dead @baseballisdead_]

It’s either a Dodgers threepeat or a new World Series winner for the first time in ages…

[Ari Kaplan @arikaplan1]

Flamenco Zeppelin? In #madrid loved this mashup of Kashmir and Spanish tradition

[Ari Kaplan @arikaplan1]

I was there at the Madrid / Villarreal game. Not good

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨🚨 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: La Liga have released the referee report for the match between Madrid and Villarreal.

Vinicius was mentioned TWICE in the report:

- Once for receiving the direct red card after hair-pulling an opponent

- Another time for AGGRESSIVELY SCREAMING at the referee while physically having to be held back by his teammates

His suspension is yet to be confirmed, but an aggressive protest after a direct red card can result in a 2 or 3 MATCH BAN.

[Ari Kaplan @arikaplan1]

#mbappe is laser focused all game

[Ari Kaplan @arikaplan1]

Let’s go #realmadrid!

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

OXFORD, OH is your 2026 Barstool Best College Town

@highnoonsunsips