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.

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

November 20, 1983: "The Day After" Airs On ABC

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November 20, 1983, 30 years ago: The Day After airs on ABC. With over 100 million people watching, a 46 rating and a 62 share, it remains ...

Sunday, November 17, 2013

A-Double Standard. A-Big One.

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Do you hate steroids, and other performance-enhancing drugs? Do you want players who've used them on your team? Would you recommend th...

Saturday, November 16, 2013

A Bad Friday

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Yesterday was a bad day for me. You don't care about the personal part of it, so I won't mention it, other than to say that it was...

Friday, November 15, 2013

Recent Sports Farewells, Updated Event Countdown

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Several prominent sports personalities died during my glitch. Let me pay tribute to: Allan Stanley, Canadian hockey defenseman. Played...

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Top 10 Sports Odd Couples

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This is an update, with corrections where necessary, of a piece I first did in 2009, on (perhaps) the 40th Anniversary of the Felix/Oscar ...

Friday, November 8, 2013

November 8, 1988: My 1st Election

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November 8, 1988, 25 years ago : My 1st election. At Hammarskjold Middle School in East Brunswick, New Jersey, which I had attended (as Ham...

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Clarence "Ace" Parker, 1912-2013

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The trouble with being an athlete who lives to be 100 or more years old is that even the number of people who saw you play gets very smal...

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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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