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, December 28, 2022

Arnie Ferrin, 1925-2022

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Arnie Ferrin was a legend. And you've probably never heard of him. Chariton Arnold Ferrin Jr. was born on July 29, 1925 in Salt Lake Cit...
Saturday, December 24, 2022

Problematic Christmas Songs -- 2022 Edition

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'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through The Bronx not a creature was stirring where usually sit throngs. The Pennants, they fl...
Friday, December 23, 2022

December 23, 1982: Chaminade Upsets Virginia

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December 23, 1982, 40 years ago: The biggest upset in the history of college basketball occurs. In the 1981-82 season, the University of Vi...

December 23, 1972: The Immaculate Reception

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Note: When I wrote this, months in advance, I had no idea that Franco Harris would die just 2 days before the anniversary. By all accounts, ...

George Cohen, 1939-2022

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Once again, this month,  England fell out of the World Cup, this time in the Quarterfinal. English fans claiming that at least they have won...

December 23, 1947: Bell Labs Invents the Transistor

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The 1st working transistor. Yes, it has been preserved. December 23, 1947, 75 years ago: Bell Telephone Laboratories, or Bell Labs for shor...
Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Franco Harris, 1950-2022

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Timing is everything. Two days from now is the 50th Anniversary of the play that made a rookie running back into an all-time football legend...
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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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