Lest we forget: Tom Knight

March 8, 2016

https://i1.wp.com/static01.nyt.com/images/2016/03/04/sports/05KnightObitWEB/04KnightObitWEB-blog427.jpg?resize=187%2C239Forgive the nihilism, but such is the meaninglessness of life.

I was about to line the bottom of the birdcage this morning and just happened to notice that one of the pages carried the obituary for “Tom Knight, 89; Knew It All About Brooklyn Baseball.”

The 750-plus-word New York Times tribute was written by by Bruce Weber, author of As They See ‘Em: A Fan’s Travels in the Land of Umpires.

By all accounts, Knight — who actually died Feb. 17 — was a walking encyclopedia when it came to the national pastime in the “city of churches.” But what does it get you in the end? Cleanup detail.

Sad.

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