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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Thursday, March 5, 2026

March 5, 1946: Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" Speech

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March 5, 1946, 80 years ago: Winston Churchill, as he had done many times before, turns a phrase that sticks in the collective consciousnes...

Thursday, May 8, 2025

May 8, 1945: V-E Day

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I'm getting a little ahead of myself here. It was quite a week: April 28, 1945: Former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was executed. ...

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

February 11, 1945: The Yalta Conference

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February 11, 1945, 80 years ago: The Yalta Conference concludes, after 7 days of meetings between American President Franklin D. Roosevelt,...

Monday, May 8, 2023

Top 10 Myths About World War II

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May 8, 1945: Nazi Germany surrenders, ending the European Theater of World War II. It becomes known as V-E Day: Victory in Europe. V-J Day,...

Friday, July 10, 2020

July 10, 1940: The Battle of Britain Begins

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St. Paul's Cathedral survived the Blitz. Lots of buildings in London didn't. July 10, 1940, 80 years ago: The Battle of Britain beg...

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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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