Thursday morning, January 2nd, 2020, wow.

The beating the book podcast, the playoffs are here.

Wild Card Weekend Megapod, Gil Alexanderander with the staples of the show uh on my

right from circus sports the vice president of operations the great mike palm good morning michael

good morning gill good morning todd it's nice to see back on the pod after a couple weeks off

but hopefully uh everybody got the uh the best bets the last few weeks.

Yeah, we did.

Happy New Year to you.

Happy New Year, Todd.

You good?

Yes, life is beautiful.

It's sunny out again.

It's fantastic.

I have a water heater, and I can take a shower.

Oh, that's excellent.

And our rotating guest on the show is not just a rotating guest. For the playoffs, we only bring in the All-Stars. It's his second appearance of the year. Ladies and gentlemen, from ESPN-2's Daily Wager, and also, may I just say, the host of Joe Loan dibs in the morning, 95.7, the game in San Francisco, Joe Fortinbaugh Megapod staple.

What's happening?

Not a lot, Gil. It's great to be here. Happy New Year. I'm still trying to figure out if you're hustling me or not. I get this text message, New Year's Eve. Hey, we'd love to have you on the Megapod. I'm thinking to myself, all right. This guy's clearly desperate. everyone's turned him down and he's hit me up during dinner on New Year's Eve.

But then I get the text that says, no, no, only the also. All right. This guy is clearly desperate. Everyone's turned him down and he's hitting me up during dinner on New Year's Eve.

But then I get the text that says, no, no, only the all-star for the playoff podcast. So now you're tickling my, you know what, a little bit. I'm thinking to myself, is he being true? Is he playing with me? But either way, it's always a pleasure to be here. Thank you for the invite. I always welcome the conversation.

You are welcome, sir, and it is actually the latter.

You're the first person I called.

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