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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Tuesday, December 9, 2025

December 9, 1965: Branch Rickey, Frank Robinson & Charlie Brown

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December 9, 1965, 60 years ago: Branch Rickey, baseball's greatest executive ever, dies at age 84. A mediocre catcher in the major leag...

Thursday, October 16, 2025

October 16, 1950: O'Malley vs. Rickey, and the Brooklyn Dodgers' Fate Is Sealed

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Branch Rickey October 16, 1950, 75 years ago: Branch Rickey's contract as president, and de facto general manager, of the Brooklyn Dodg...

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Friday, October 23, 2020

October 23, 1945 and 1995: Two Great New York Baseball Launches

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October 23, 1945 , 75 years ago : Brooklyn Dodger president Branch Rickey announces the signing of Jackie Robinson by the Dodger organizati...

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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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