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Did you notice the poise? Just poker face until the final pitch.

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He was dealing today and pitched a masterpiece but this was very telling.

Crowd was on him all day but you’d never know from his reaction. He handles his business, throws the CG and only then the bravado comes out.

He and Anderson can carry this team deep if the bats come up with a little more consistency.

That is nuts, ATL West is nearly doubling.

That said, most lots are entirely full so I guess the demand is there but damn.

Bar Harbor and Acadia are awesome. So is most of Coastal Maine. Flights to BHB may be tough (only Cape Air serves them if memory is right). Consider Bangor BGR if set on BHB.

Portland is very cool. Look at the Casco Bay "mail run". Its like 10 bucks to ride on the ferry as it makes stops at four islands in Casco Bay. You can bring food and drink and just have a picnic taking in the beautiful scenery. We did it a few years ago and for $30 three of us had lunch, a few beers and an awesome 2.5 hour bay cruise.

I'm sure folks said the same things in 1930s during the great depression or during desegregation in 1960s.

It’s a little extreme to extrapolate a few areas in the country with rampant lawlessness.

I was in Cape Town and Western Cape countryside last month. It was absolutely safe. There are parts you don’t mess around in, and Johannesburg and Durban definitely have more, but you have to be looking for trouble. It’s no different than Chicago New Orleans NYC. We drove in the countryside and took Ubers in Cale Town. Totally fine and the people were great.

In some of the hinterlands it is definitely wild, but only thrill seekers (and apparently missionaries) go out there.

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Dropping 10k house price doesn’t matter much with insurance out of control

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Bingo. It’s not the price that is a problem, it’s the location. Hurricane prone coastal areas are going to continue to struggle due to the costs of insurance.

Al Mourjan Lounge

Their shakes are delicious. That’s all I got.

A lot of the west fixes will be unavailable. Luckily we are passing through the final bank.

Was shocked to see no Big 12 teams in the rankings until I got to D1, even then its WVU. Crazy how concentrated the top of college baseball is.

Its also interesting from an NIL perspective that smaller schools could make the investment to be very competitive in college baseball with relatively small contribution. This year the NCAA lifted the 11.7 scholarship rule.

Sure, basketball will offer a bigger return but $50K in NIL for baseball could land you a lot of kids who would otherwise go to a larger school for the partial scholarship alone.