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.

Thursday, November 21, 2024

November 21, 1964: The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge Opens

November 21, 1964, 60 years ago: The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge opens, connecting the New York City Boroughs of Brooklyn and Staten Island, ...

November 21, 1934: The "Business Plot" Is Exposed

Smedley Butler November 21, 1934: The New York Post and the Philadelphia Record break the story of what came to be known as "The ...

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

November 19, 2004: The Malice at The Palace

November 19, 2004, 20 years ago: The most notorious brawl in the history of North American sports breaks out. In the tradition of giving rh...

Monday, November 18, 2024

Winners of the Popular Vote in Presidential Elections

Bigger than anyone ever has. But he felt he couldn't run again. Note: Up until 1824 or so, popular vote totals are pretty much unreliabl...

Saturday, November 16, 2024

Lost Youth, the Wrong Parts Regained

Somebody once said that Nostalgia was a longing for a time that you didn't think was so great the first time around. We're going to ...

My Theory About Trump's Whackadoodle Cabinet Picks

Matt Gaetz as Attorney General? Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense? Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence? Robert F. Kennedy ...

Friday, November 15, 2024

George vs. Donald

Actor Sylvester Stallone, known for playing Rocky Balboa and John Rambo, has compared Donald Trump to George Washington. All right. Let...

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About Me

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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