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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Sunday, September 20, 2026

September 20, 1776: The Great Fire of New York

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Have you ever wondered why Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and even older New Jersey cities like Newark, Elizabeth, Perth Amboy and Trenton...

Sunday, April 26, 2026

April 26, 1726: Lord Stirling Is Born

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April 26, 1726, 300 years ago: William Alexander is born in Manhattan. He held a claim to be the male heir to the Scottish title of Earl o...

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

March 17, 1776: The Siege of Boston

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Henry Knox March 17, 1776, 250 years ago: The Siege of Boston ends. No, this has nothing to do with the Yankees playing the Red Sox, or any...

Saturday, January 10, 2026

January 10, 1776: "Common Sense" Is Published

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Thomas Paine January 10, 1776, 250 years ago: Thomas Paine publishes a pamphlet he titles Common Sense . However, in the words of Franço...

Sunday, March 31, 2024

March 31, 1774: The Intolerable Acts

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March 31, 1774, 250 years ago: In response to the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament passes what the Patriot cause will label the Int...

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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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