By Heywood Jewblowmee
As I write this article, the tournament is only 14 days away. Sparky Renaud was the first to bow out. No worries, like a war or peace keeping, replacements were on the way. Then Louis ‘the Rake’ Koenigsberger went down with an upper body injury, believed to be the right shoulder. Tomcats are now saying Louis will be out till the tournament. He may play, he may Coach, but he will be there (What a trooper). LaBamba Vlaminck is 95% out, is what I am being told, but if you love to watch a Nicklas Linstrom type player, you hope that he will be there. It is work related and he has warned the Tomcat organization.
Then there is Junior. Has not played all year and is hoping to play come tournament time, come hell or high water. That could prove interesting, it would be nice to see him come out on a Tuesday and just see if he could pivot and play, but his status is known….he is injured.
Now comes Soupy Salaris. Selected in third round by the Jingles Jets and was to be a key component of the Crawford-Dzibela-Salaris scoring line, but now, Soupy is out so that he can sell Sklar Peppler and Lazy Boy to Windsor furniture buyers. No worries, it is work and that is a priority, but interesting how this whole Karma thing works. You tell me there is no Karma Police (Radiohead is the band by the way, great song). There is such a thing as the Karma Police. Which player never showed up for the tournament last year, and never said anything to anyone? Hint, he is the Captain of the Jingle Jets. Answer: Kevin Kuprowski. (was fined a case and half of beer and paid it up)
Which Captain, selected Soupy Salaris and now, will be missing a key player in the tournament? Hint, he is the Captain of the Jingle Jets. Answer; Kevin Kuprowski.
Karma is out there. You get what you deserve.
Be aware. Tomcat Karma is out there too. Bring beers, share, love and don’t hurt anyone.
“Karma Police arrest this man, he talks in maths, he buzzes like a fridge, he’s like a detuned radio” Radiohead
And I know, one day, I will meet another Harry Ballsonue and he will say, ‘Come here Mr. Man, I want to put my Harry Ballsonue”!!!
Windsor Tomcats 
Love the Radiohead references, one of my favourite bands. I also like the karma theory as it makes a lot of sense, although Jingles has always been a stand-up guy with the ales. Especially coming through in the crunch a couple times when we may have been wringing out Hollywood’s doo-rag for some hydration as someone carelessly forgot their case or called in lame with a hangnail…