Your clubhouse leader after round 1: Tom Lewis!
As I've mentioned, Tom founded the world-famous Indy Cornrows site after surviving three perilous years in Washington DC with yours truly. Tom, beware. You think we were in dire straits that time we were sprinting across the outfield at Durham Stadium ? Well, this pool is chock full o' Celtic fans. Imagine if if I have to hand over the Shamrock's pot-o'-gold to a Pacer fan as the C's battle Indy for a playoff spot. As Newman would say, oh the humanity!
Celtic fans, go easy on Tom. Not only was he a C's fan long before he started covering the Pacers, his wife graduated from Zionsville High School......the same high school attended by Celtic coach Brad Stevens. A few years ago, Tom used his connections to get me into a practice at Butler, where I was fortunate enough to meet Coach Stevens. If there's one thing on which Pacer & Celtic fans agree, Coach Stevens should be NBA Coach of the Year.
Tom's path to the coveted Shamrock won't be easy. Plenty of contenders lurking in the Top 10, including Tim Perrin who is only only 3 points out of first. Anyone out & about this weekend will probably spot Tim. He's smack dab in the middle of his annual "Vegas in Burlington" weekend. There's no better way to celebrate the Shamrock! Maybe he'll run into fellow Shamrocker Jay O'Brien at the brand new Gastropub on St. Paul -- the official Burlington bar of Shamrock15.
(Easy folks, the Pour House is in SOUTH Burlington. Nothing wrong with an official bar in each)
The rest of the top 10 includes Aunt Lisa and Aunt Julie....or did Derek enter 8 times with a different Trono name on each entry? Hmm. Good question.
And Gino Riffle stands poised to make a run. Hopefully, Gino can confirm that all Shamrockers survived yesterday's annual shindig at Andrew Kelly's.
Also, don't rule out Dealer.com's Levi Clarke. You old heads might remember Levi from the days he carried the Rochester Rockets to multiple final four appearances at the Aud, Vermont's version of an Indiana gym.
Finally, wouldn't it be great if Joel Kynoch, the Voice of South Burlington Athletics, took home the Shamrock title? If only so he could "remind" opposing coaches Jeff Davis, Joe Maheux, Mike Osborne, Paul Pecor, and Derek Trono, of his triumph during every timeout next year???? "Ladies and gentlemen, tonight's opposing coach is one of a veritable plethora that I conquered in last year's Shamrock." Now THAT might get me back to a game.
