The Battle of the Facial Hair is on.

A couple of days ago, ABC provocateur Jake Tapper challenged NBC political savant Chuck Todd to a facial-hair-based baseball wager: If the Los Angeles Dodgers win in their series against the Philadelphia Phillies, Tapper will grow a goatee. But if the Dodgers lose, Todd has to shave his off.  [it’s on]

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UPDATE :  According to our friends at FishbowlDC , there’s now an "out" clause

DC journo tweeps are a-Twitter today over whether the latest development in "Goatee Gamble" between ABC’s Jake Tapper and NBC’s Chuck Todd is a "wimp-out clause," as dubbed by ABC colleague Rick Klein , or legit.

Weak sauce?

The Twitter trash talking is getting good:

@jmartpolitico : @thenote — exactly. what’s pt of bet if u have an "out" clause

@jaketapper : @thenote $1,000 is a "wimp-out" clause? thats a lot of bread, man. $20 would be "wimp-out." $1K is skin in the game. i call BS.

@thenote : @jaketapper for a network correspondent? just a small investment in your future. why include clause unless someone isn’t fully behind team?

@jaketapper : @thenote Why dont you make a $1,000 bet for charity on the series and we’ll see how wimpy it is.

@thenote : @jaketapper I don’t have skin (or hair) in ur game. But I’m with @jmartpolitico – why bet if you have out clause?

@jaketapper : @thenote @jmartpolitico $1,000 is an "out" clause? i dont need to hear that from two guys who never pick up a bar tab.

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