Beating The Book: The Tim Donaghy Betting Scandal
Beating The Book with Gill Alexander
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4.7 • 535 Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2022
⏱️ 60 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Check it out now. |
| 0:05.9 | No doubt now. |
| 0:11.0 | Wednesday morning, September 7th, 2020, it is the beating the book podcast. |
| 0:15.0 | Gil Alexander, thank you all for tuning in. |
| 0:17.9 | I know the megapod is what most are waiting for, and the first megapod of the season on |
| 0:22.7 | the NFL is tomorrow, guessing lines. |
| 0:24.6 | The first one of the season is on Monday, and so you're probably saying to yourself, |
| 0:28.0 | what kind of podcast are you jamming in right here before football season? |
| 0:31.8 | Oh, well, this is a podcast that is really a follow-up to a podcast that Sean Patrick Griffin and I did 11 years ago |
| 0:42.2 | when he wrote the book Gaming the Game about what is arguably the biggest sports betting story, |
| 0:49.0 | quite frankly, of the last, I don't know, 20 years in this country. And that is why every time |
| 0:53.9 | there is something in the media about the Tim Donahy't know, 20 years in this country. And that is why every time there is something |
| 0:54.9 | in the media about the Tim Donahey betting scandal, it sort of is like a flare-up. And we decide we |
| 1:01.4 | want to talk about it. Sometimes we do it on a numbers game. We decided this time we want to do it |
| 1:05.2 | in podcast form. And not only is Sean Patrick Griffin kind enough to join us again, Sean, who by the |
| 1:10.1 | way is the author of gaming the game back in 2011, the story behind the NBA betting scandal and the gambler who made it happen. But we also have the gambler who made it happen. Jimmy Baba Batista, one of Tim Donahy's co-conspirators in this case. Gentlemen, thank you both so much for being here. Appreciate it. Thanks for having us. My pleasure, Phil. |
| 1:29.3 | So listen, I have, and I really mean that when I say that, like the reason we do this is because it is the biggest story there is, and it just, I have so much to say about the Netflix special. |
| 1:40.3 | This is what, by the way, why it comes up specifically is the Netflix special untold Operation Flagrant Fowl, which premiered last week. And, Sean, I know you have much to say. I have much to say, but Jimmy, I want to start with you. And you're allowed to curse, by the way, sir. So I just want to point that out on top because it's podcast for him. But what is your impression of the portrayal that actually ended up on the screen? |
| 2:03.3 | Your portrayal. |
| 2:04.2 | What was your thoughts? |
| 2:06.8 | Well, in all respect to Netflix, I think McLean and Chapman Way and Jake Thielsen-Grant, |
| 2:14.8 | they did a tremendous job because I don't think people know how long it |
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