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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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Sunday, August 16, 2026

August 16, 1996: Major League Baseball In Mexico

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August 16, 1996, 30 years ago: For the 1st time, a regular-season Major League Baseball game is played in a country other than the United S...

Monday, December 8, 2025

Mattingly, Murphy, Baines and Kent

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Yesterday, the Baseball Hall of Fame's Contemporary Era Ballot -- a piece of what used to be known as the Committee on Veterans -- elect...

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Fernando Valenzuela, 1960-2024

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Baseball has had many characters, many legends, and a few folk heroes. Fernando Valenzuela was all three. Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea was b...

Saturday, June 12, 2021

1981: A Summer Without Baseball

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June 12, 1981, 40 years ago: The Major League Baseball Players Association goes on strike. They had done so before, in 1972, leading to the...

Sunday, November 1, 2020

Happy 60th Birthday, Fernando Valenzuela!

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November 1, 1960, 60 years ago: Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea is born in Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico. In 1981, the chunky, screwballing lefthand...

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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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