Uncle Mike's Musings: A Yankees Blog and More

This is mostly about sports, and then mostly about baseball. It will favor the New York Yankees, the New Jersey Devils, Rutgers University football, and the London soccer club Arsenal. You got a problem with that? Make your own blog.

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

August 12, 1936: The Biggest Baseball Crowd -- In Berlin?

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Bill Sayles. The "B" stands for "Brooklyn," not "Berlin." August 12, 1936, 90 years ago: What was definitely ...

August 12, 1676: The Death of Metacomet Ends King Philip's War

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August 12, 1676, 350 years ago: Metacomet, the Sachem of the Wampanoag tribe, is killed in battle. This ends what the English colonists in ...
Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Yankees Pitching Great But Need Their Injured Hitters Back

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In their home Interleague series with the Atlanta Braves this weekend, the Yankees' 3 starting pitchers combined to go 20 1/3rd innings,...
Sunday, August 9, 2026

Don Nelson, 1940-2026

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Don Nelson was a basketball lifer. He had an interesting career as a player, but he became more interesting as a coach. Donald Arvid Nelson ...

August 9, 1936: His Name Was Sohn Kee-chung

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August 9, 1936, 90 years ago:   Legendary journalist Lincoln Steffens died in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. He was 70 years old. Meanwhile,...

August 9, 1526: Slavery Comes to the Americas

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A recent aerial photo of the area August 9, 1526, 500 years ago:   Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, a Spanish magistrate, around 46 years old, found...
Friday, August 7, 2026

Yanks Drop 2 of 3 to Redbirds

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George Lombard Jr. (left) and Aaron Judge The  Yankees came home from their unusual weeklong stay in Chicago, and started an Interleague ser...
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Uncle Mike
Central New Jersey, where men are men, and the women also root for the Yankees., United States
Born in North Jersey. Raised in Central Jersey. Yankee Fan and Rutgers fan since 1977. Devils fan since they arrived in 1982. Arsenal fan since 2008. Former Nets fan, now an NBA free agent. No NFL team. Single, interested in changing that status. No children, but uncle to two teenage girl athletes and one in the making. Liberal Democrat and damn proud of it. Hopefully, in sports as well as politics, I can live up to the words of the late John Spencer on "The West Wing": "We are going to raise the level of debate in this country, and let that be our legacy."
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