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.

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Monday, June 1, 2026

June 1, 1946: Assault Wins the Triple Crown

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June 1, 1946, 80 years ago: We tend to think of horse racing as a sport with grace, rather than a contact sport full of violence. Yet, on t...

Friday, October 31, 2025

October 31, 2015: Horse Racing's 1st "Grand Slam"

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October 31, 2015, 10 years ago: American Pharoah wins the Breeders' Cup Classic, the highlight of the annual Breeders' Cup meet, h...

Friday, June 9, 2023

June 9, 1973: Secretariat Wins the Triple Crown

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June 9, 1973, 50 years ago: The Belmont Stakes is held at Belmont Park, just over the New York City line in Elmont, Nassau County, New York...

Sunday, June 10, 2018

The True Test of Champions

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The Belmont Stakes, at a mile and a half the longest of thoroughbred horse racing's "Triple Crown" events, is known as ...

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Farewells: Hal Greer, William Nack, John Amirante

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Over the last few days, we've lost some people, including Night Court star Harry Anderson, who was only 65 years old. He also starre...

Saturday, June 6, 2015

How Long It's Been: A Horse Won the Triple Crown

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American Pharoah won the Belmont Stakes today, completing the Triple Crown of thoroughbred horse racing. On May 2, at Churchill Downs ...

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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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