Charter Embers

It’s good, just not best in class like the film is. It also fleshes out some of the characters more so than the movie, particularly Sonny and Johnny Fontaine

How many patients would be cured if they only saw their primary doctor? What’s the money difference in research for human illness vs. animal?

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They will never be forgiven for their betrayal. Therefore they don't have free will

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Free will is not contingent on forgiveness. Forgiveness is an application of free will. For example, I forgive you for forgetting about Satan and a 1/3rd of the angels betraying God. But if I didn’t, wait, that doesn’t work unless you chose to forget.

Jay’s success has more to do with picking winners in the portal/recruiting, not from his game management. Doesn’t translate to MLB, and I don’t think he or any of the front offices are under that illusion

To be fair, I’ve been watching LSU baseball for about two decades, and only remember seeing a handful of what I would call skillful bunters. My theory is the jump in movement on the pitches from high school to college, and I doubt these travel teams are playing much small ball.

I bought my first used car last year using Steven with 48 hrs and a used car. What he does is lets you browse Manheim wholesale auctions via website, then once you find something you want he gets the Carfax and looks for things wrong with it. Has been in the car business for 30 plus years, particularly on the auction side, and it’s crazy what all he can tell just by looking at pictures of a vehicle and the Carfax.

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Serious question: What's happened over the last few years to make the culture of college baseball so... douchey?

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It’s not just college. The bat flip stuff really broke open with the Bautista one in the ALCS vs. the Rangers. The difference is that the players can address it later, like Odur did at second a year later, and keep it at a reasonable level. Whereas when will Kentucky get that chance vs. Dardar? And you could say that was in response to the Kentucky players staring down our pitchers whenever they walked. Easy to peacock when you’re not afraid of getting hit in the mouth

The past several times I’ve flown the Precheck line was just as long as the general one. Same speed too

Correct. Not feasible given the layout, but if they were building the city from scratch and asked me where I wanted the airport to be, I’d say put it near the mountains and stretch the city east.

Do the smaller programs buy bats for their players?