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Stories From the Road: Frank Shamrock

It may be difficult to comprehend how that Frank Shamrock and this Frank Shamrock are one in the same. This Shamrock speaks in measured tones and with a philosophical reverence. That Shamrock would steal the socks off your feet if you were not watching. This version is immersed in charitable work, lives in the present and often peers at the future with a smile. That cocky, smart-ass kid carried the bluster of a carnival barker who felt impervious to everything, including the law -- which is why he was a petty thief, a shadow player weaving through the night staring at a future that seemed to be a dark hole.