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Happy St. Patrick’s Day from the staff at Watercooler!

Some people celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by cramming into the first Irish pub they can find with hundreds of their closest friends.  Others head to the grocery store to stock up on Irish beer that they probably haven’t even considered buying since March 17, 2008.    At FanSection, we go green.

Not only have we changed all of our sports headers to green today in honor of the Irish, but we’ve also been selling a fair amount of green apparel for the last few weeks through our partnership with Team Fan Shop.  Green gear is all the rage these days.

So without further adieu, I give you the Top 5 Green Sports Fans based on our top selling St. Patrick’s Day merchandise:

1. Boston Red Sox - not too surprising given that most Red Sox fans are also Celtics fans…not to mention the large amount of Bostonians with Irish heritage

2. University of Florida Gators - when you have a game called the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party (yes, I know we’re not supposed to say that anymore), it should come as no surprise that Gator fans are embracing St. Patrick’s Day

3. Chicago White Sox - Evidently there are a large amount of Irish Americans living on the South Side of Chicago

4. University of Alabama Crimson Tide - I can’t imagine that there are many Irish Americans in Alabama, so I’ll assume this is a school pride/let’s get our drink on thing

5. University of Georgia Bulldogs - The second half of the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party

Other notables purchasing large quantities of green apparel are the Arkansas Razorbacks, Texas Longhorns, and Philadelphia Phillies.  It’s not too late to get your shamrock shirt for next year.  So throw back a Guinness, down some corned beef and cabage, get your green on and have a great St. Patrick’s Day!