Welcome back, and welcome to a bittersweet edition of the Gamble-Tron. I love making picks, and I especially love watching your picks roll in. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want dozens of you to make picks every week, but I legitimately treasure the interaction with each of you who do put your name - ok, your username - to your weekly predictions.
It’s Christmas Day as I write this, and the only sweet part of bittersweet is the fact that I will get a not-insignificant part of my weekday evenings back, since January means that I go from three deadlines to one for the next eight months.