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, September 22, 2026

September 22, 1966: Red Barber Gets Himself Fired

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September 22, 1966, 60 years ago: The New York Yankees lose to the Chicago White Sox, 4-1 at Yankee Stadium. Joe Horlen is the winning pitc...

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Vin Scully, 1927-2022

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As far back as a 1974 book titled Wait 'Til Next Year , about New York City's 3 Major League Baseball teams of 1947 to 1957, author ...

Friday, April 14, 2017

April 14, 1917: Marvin Miller, Baseball Hero, Is Born

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April 14, 1917, 100 years ago: Marvin Julian Miller is born. In Brooklyn. So, to Walter O'Malley, the man who was de facto dictator of ...

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

August 26, 1939: The 1st Baseball Game On Television

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August 26, 1939, 75 years ago: The Brooklyn Dodgers host a doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds at Ebbets Field. The 2nd game is the 1s...

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

A Great Grandma

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Today is June 4. It would have been the birthday of my grandmother, Grace Darton, later Grace Golden (1924-2006). She was born in Bro...

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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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