The 15

Sent to us from Patrick in Andover del Norte:

Region C – Jerry Thornton (8) vs Joe Haggerty (9) It’s Hack vs Haggs! A Marine’s dad vs Vince Lombardi’s husband! A son of County Mayo vs a man who only puts mayo his roast beef! I predict Jerry will be here all week. Try the veal.

Trenni Casey (née Kusnierek) (7) vs Evan Lazar (10) I know most of you are planning on voting for that shrieking harpy Trenni, and who can blame you, but please consider a vote for Evan Lazar. He may seem like a non-offensive nobody, but he’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing. The way he avoided last minute cancellation is only topped by Hank Schrader fending of the Salamaca twins. No one has ever deleted tweets as fast. He put his fluids hips and violent hands to use that night. Thanks, Dave! *sigh* If you knew what we knew about Evan Lazar…

Region V – Tom E Curran (1) vs Tyler Milliken (16) Pork pie hat wearing, potato faced Tawm is my favorite to win this year. Milliken is a dime a dozen bearded millennial midday radio producer over at 98.5, he’s a completely fungible asset. Asshat beats asset.

Chad Graff (8) vs Rob “Hardy” Poole (9) Being an 8 seed will end up being the pinnacle of Chad Graff’s career. Any of these media types who also dabble in “adjunct” professorial duties have the shelf life of a redshirt on Star Trek. Graff can see the writing on the wall and smartly prepping for the inevitable layoff. His opponent is the latest former DJ to make the jump to co-hosting morning drive sports radio. Charles Laquidara and Matt Seigel must have been unavailable. Too bad there weren’t any people of color interested in the job. That would have been epic. The Dry Drunk should easily win.

Dan Lifshatz (2) vs John Zannis (15) This is Red from the Tube Bar’s nightmare matchup: Dan Lif-shits vs John’s Anus. I’d prefer to vote for Pepe Roni or Al Keyhollick over these two morons. Dan tears John a new Zannis and advances.

Region N Karen Guregian (5) vs Jon Wallach (12) It’s the rare double bagger of a matchup. If Wallach wasn’t embarrassed enough when the midday flashboy leap frogged him into the morning show’s co-host seat, he should never be allowed to show his face in public again after Guregian curbstomps him.

Bob Ryan (7) vs Brian Barrett (10) It’s 2024 and Bob Ryan still won’t stop complaining about players shooting 3 pointers. There are Japanese soldiers hiding out in the Marianas with less resolve. Also, it’s 2024 and Bill Simmons is still trying to make Brian Barrett a thing? Thankfully Barrett should be off the Pike and on the unemployment line soon. Jurassic Bob roars into round two.

Region T – Tony Masserotti (1) vs Nick Gemelli (16) Jack Woltz would refer to this one as a dago guinea wop greaseball goombah showdown. Mingya Mazz wins easy.

Scott Zolak (4) vs Khari Thompson (13) This match-up should be about as exciting as the “fireworks” Zolak promised us earlier in the week. Khari Thompson probably shouldn’t be in the tournament. He’s not even in sports. He’s a producer at WBUR with a paleontology degree. Someone’s life took a wrong turn somewhere.

Albert Breer (3) vs Nick “Fitzy” Stevens (14) Poor Nick, he made a big run last year, but this year he probably won’t make it out of the first round. Now that Breer’s ban at One Patriot Place has finally been lifted can a triumphant return to 109 Chittenden Avenue be far behind? Fitzy loses to kickoff St. Patrick’s Day weekend.

Patrick is from Andover del Norte.