Ben Howell
@benhowell71.bsky.social
Senior Analyst, Amateur Analysis, Padres R&D. Former: @TexasBaseball. He/Him
*Star Wars voice* somehow Taylor Swift returned to number 1 (I’m actually very surprised by this because I wasn’t sure she’d be top 5 at all)
Streets are asking if Taylor Swift has lost her fastball
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
*Star Wars voice* somehow Taylor Swift returned to number 1 (I’m actually very surprised by this because I wasn’t sure she’d be top 5 at all)
(remember that the point is to win games)
December 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
(remember that the point is to win games)
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InstaGraphs: Job Posting: San Diego Padres – Intern, Sports Science blogs.fangraphs.com/instagraphs/...
Job Posting: San Diego Padres - Intern, Sports Science
The San Diego Padres are hiring.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
InstaGraphs: Job Posting: San Diego Padres – Intern, Sports Science blogs.fangraphs.com/instagraphs/...
Padres are hiring Sport Science interns. Very important roles for us w/ boots on the ground data collection and application!
InstaGraphs: Job Posting: San Diego Padres – Intern, Sports Science blogs.fangraphs.com/instagraphs/...
Job Posting: San Diego Padres - Intern, Sports Science
The San Diego Padres are hiring.
blogs.fangraphs.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Padres are hiring Sport Science interns. Very important roles for us w/ boots on the ground data collection and application!
yeah you wouldn’t keep em out nor would you surely keep out a team who beat both huh
If it comes down to it, vastly prefer Vandy over Oklahoma in the playoff. Not that they asked me or that they're gonna flip teams from 8 and 14 after they both win. But we all know what we're looking at here
November 30, 2025 at 6:23 AM
yeah you wouldn’t keep em out nor would you surely keep out a team who beat both huh
at the end of the day I want to care about three games: A&M, OU, Arkansas and not worry about how much a quality loss matters
I wish the 12-team playoff did not exist
November 29, 2025 at 4:26 AM
at the end of the day I want to care about three games: A&M, OU, Arkansas and not worry about how much a quality loss matters
I wish the 12-team playoff did not exist
November 29, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I wish the 12-team playoff did not exist
Revellie can’t come to DKR because A&M AIN’T GOT THAT DAWG IN EM
November 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Revellie can’t come to DKR because A&M AIN’T GOT THAT DAWG IN EM
results > process
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
results > process
How soon can Dia Bell put in the burnt orange
November 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
How soon can Dia Bell put in the burnt orange
it is funny how it’s only ever “this A&M player never got offered / recruited by Texas and wants to prove them wrong” and never the reverse…
November 29, 2025 at 12:59 AM
it is funny how it’s only ever “this A&M player never got offered / recruited by Texas and wants to prove them wrong” and never the reverse…
sure, the account for a new league having 0 tweets on the day of their “draft” is uh not how I’d do things *personally*
November 21, 2025 at 2:43 AM
sure, the account for a new league having 0 tweets on the day of their “draft” is uh not how I’d do things *personally*
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#WPBL NEWS — I asked the PR director for clarity over the use of past tense, indicating that the draft has already happened ahead of the draft this evening.
"Correct, the players have already been selected for teams," the WPBL PR director told me. "They are not chosen in real time tonight."
"Correct, the players have already been selected for teams," the WPBL PR director told me. "They are not chosen in real time tonight."
#WPBL NEWS — with the league running teams and not individual front offices, the PR director has told me the following:
"There were 12 coaches involved in the process of selecting players to the teams including those who were at the tryouts. This process was led by Alex Hugo with the WPBL."
"There were 12 coaches involved in the process of selecting players to the teams including those who were at the tryouts. This process was led by Alex Hugo with the WPBL."
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
#WPBL NEWS — I asked the PR director for clarity over the use of past tense, indicating that the draft has already happened ahead of the draft this evening.
"Correct, the players have already been selected for teams," the WPBL PR director told me. "They are not chosen in real time tonight."
"Correct, the players have already been selected for teams," the WPBL PR director told me. "They are not chosen in real time tonight."
hmmmm I don’t like that I explicitly remember watching the new to the ballot players play, is this what getting old is
The 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot as announced moments ago by @baseballhall.org (baseballhall.org/news/2026-bb...). Results will be announced Jan. 20th. Game on!
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
hmmmm I don’t like that I explicitly remember watching the new to the ballot players play, is this what getting old is
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Wrote up a little intervention post/explanation for my class about why using LLMs for trying to learn programming (as first time learners!) is bad and detrimental datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com/news/2025-11...
November 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Wrote up a little intervention post/explanation for my class about why using LLMs for trying to learn programming (as first time learners!) is bad and detrimental datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com/news/2025-11...
the ball does not tell a falsehood
November 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
the ball does not tell a falsehood
the rules are the rules
November 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
the rules are the rules
The words to describe how much of a loser move to call that a dead ball do not exist
November 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The words to describe how much of a loser move to call that a dead ball do not exist
something refreshing about unfollowing someone for writing a 20-grade article on a baseball topic you know a lot about rather than the usual reasons to unfollow someone these days
October 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
something refreshing about unfollowing someone for writing a 20-grade article on a baseball topic you know a lot about rather than the usual reasons to unfollow someone these days
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People ask what they can do in this moment: here's a crucially important election. There are 52,000 elections taking place next month, many of which will be determined by turnout.
Dispatch from Pennsylvania on a highly unusual state Supreme Court election—one of the few most consequential matters on the ballot anywhere in the country next month. New from me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
Inside the Clunky Elections to Control Pennsylvania's Supreme Court - Bolts
The GOP is making an expensive push to end Democrats’ majority on a court at the center of election lawsuits, sparking a fledging campaign season with little precedent or template.
boltsmag.org
October 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
People ask what they can do in this moment: here's a crucially important election. There are 52,000 elections taking place next month, many of which will be determined by turnout.
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Taylor Swift is basically Marvel Studios now. You get a new album every year, which feels a little worse than the last, and it becomes harder and harder to ignore the commercial factors behind her decisions.
defector.com/taylor-swift...
defector.com/taylor-swift...
No Good Art Comes From Greed | Defector
The packages arrived square and thin and carefully wrapped on Saturday afternoon. There were three of them, but only one was mine. If I could have rejected my package, sent it back from whence it came...
defector.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Taylor Swift is basically Marvel Studios now. You get a new album every year, which feels a little worse than the last, and it becomes harder and harder to ignore the commercial factors behind her decisions.
defector.com/taylor-swift...
defector.com/taylor-swift...
Save me $1 Rico Dowdle pickup from three weeks ago, save me 🙏
October 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Save me $1 Rico Dowdle pickup from three weeks ago, save me 🙏
Taylor Swift is not beating the allegations
only one song on my top 100 (Sparks Fly). She might be turning into a counting stat compiler with a limited top-end
October 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Taylor Swift is not beating the allegations