The Ballad of Mr. Clutch

RIP Jerry West, 1938-2024

When I was a boy in Cleveland, there was a little library two blocks away. All I had to do to get there was walk down Warrendale Road, turn left on Fenwick, cross Colony and then the big intersection at Cedar, and I was there. Twice a week, starting when I was eight years old, I would walk to that library and go to the tiny sports section to see if ther…