"Arnie Usetah ride the BMT"(An All Souls Day Story)

The Initials BMT signified the Brooklyn Manhattan Transit Company, which operated Elevated & Subway Lines, as well as Light Rail & Bus Lines:

They operated Subway & El Lines in Brooklyn & Queens, & Subway Lines in Manhattan. The Light Rail & Bus Lines were in Brooklyn & Queens;

A kid named Arnie Auerbach used to ride these lines as a kid in the East Village, Manhattan & Williamsburgh, Brooklyn;

I was riding on the old BMT Nassau Loop Express along Broadway-Brooklyn, yesterday & passed the building where the old Eastern District HS, where Arnie played his High School Basketball. The building is now a Hasaidic Yeshiva;

Last evening, on my way up to a certain Red Sox Nation Pub, called "The Hairy Monk", I passed the PS 122 Building, @ East 9th Street & 1st Avenue, in the Wilds of The East Village by Cooper Union. The edifice is now used for theatrical purposes, but still has the facade of a NYC Public School. Arnie shot his 1st Hoops there, on the roof;

At "The Hairy Monk", I learned that Mr Ivan Spence, the Evening Manager, will be running the NYC Marathon this Sunday, to which I ate my dinner & wished him "Slainte" for good luck, on Sunday;

I headed downtown to "Professor Thom's" at East 14th Street & 2nd Avenue & had a couple of "Thom's Ales" & read the Boston Globe. I read about a big memorial ceremony at TD Banknorth Garden, @ the site of Arnie's Triumphs, which was actually the old Boston Garden at North Station. Arnie, you see, is Arnold "Red" Auerbach;

I became very teary-eyed, reading about the tribute. 16 Green Roses, each signifying the 16 Boston Celtics World Championships, & a Box of his favorite Victory Cigars, were placed in the seat which he occupied, for so many years;

The Auerbach System of Defensive Strategies, has been employed by every NBA Championship-Winning Team. They are his Legacy;

Red was 89, when he died this past Saturday. In an interview with the NY Times, from 3 Years ago, Red gave the readers a big hint as to where he really came from;
"I was All Brooklyn 2nd Team. Brooklyn had more teams & bettah Teams than in all of Indiana";

& The Borough of Brooklyn had a great son;

Requiem In Pacem, Red;

Thanks!