Well, first, the NYT article linked is from 2008. Second, the Mythbusters episode is from nearly a year ago.

The filter allows you to use a much finer grind, so the brew time is more like 30 seconds instead of 4-5 minutes. Otherwise, yeah, you could say it's similar.

Much better:

Makes sense!

And a change-up!

Not sure exactly what you mean when you say FIP flattens BABIP to league average; FIP is based solely on the "three true outcomes" (plus HBP). Balls in play are left out of it entirely.

Without knowing their instruction, then, I would argue that we can't know what the correct call should be. "Control" needs to be defined, either operationally or in the rulebook, to potentially differentiate Tate's left hand on the ball from Jennings' two hands on the ball.

I agree with your observations about hand placement. Does that indicate control? That's what I'm asking - I couldn't find anything in the rulebook defining "control."

I would like to understand this better as well. So, "control" is the key point, then? Watching what seems like the best angle, it appears to me that the two first touched the ball at the same time (Jennings with two hands, one on either side, and Tate with one hand between Jennings' chest and the ball). Jennings is…

This may be a misleading angle, since it's difficult to see Tate's arms clearly. This GIF shows a lot more ambiguity:

I don't know if it got added later, but it's definitely there.

Very well could be - I definitely didn't know.

DISPROVE (unless TV doesn't count):

1) Yeah, the Sounders are probably/almost certainly more popular, but

Indeed! Only 20ish grams exist. And this would certainly be a waste of it, awesome though it may be.

Pretty close - it's not the charge per se, but the electron configuration (which causes the charge). A sodium ion has had its valence electron removed, leaving only full and empty orbitals (nothing partially filled). This is a very stable state to be in, so it's very un-reactive.

Something's incorrect about the video; phenolphthalein is insoluble in water. The colors are right for phph, though; maybe it was actually methanol?

The salt should completely dissociate in the aqueous beer, so it's actually sodium ions, really. Which also aren't reactive.

Minor quibble: Go-Topless Day was founded in 2007; Raelianism itself was founded in 1974.