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, April 17, 2024

Carl Erskine, 1926-2024

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I see the boys of summer in their ruin Lay the gold tithings barren, Setting no store by harvest, freeze the soils. Dylan Thomas wrote that....

Whitey Herzog, 1931-2024

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Prior to World War II, a major league sports team's field boss, its manager, and its business boss, its general manager, were often the ...

April 17, 1999: The Strangest NFL Draft

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April 17, 1999, 25 years ago:  The NFL Draft is held in New York, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden -- formerly known as the Felt Foru...
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April 17, 1964: Shea Stadium Opens & Ford Introduces the Mustang

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April 17, 1964, 60 years ago:  The 1st game is played at the William A. Shea Municipal Stadium in Flushing Meadow-Corona Park, Queens, New Y...
Tuesday, April 16, 2024

April 16, 1954: The Tony Leswick Goal

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April 16, 1954, 70 years ago:  Only twice in the history of the Stanley Cup Finals has a Game 7 gone to overtime. They happened within 4 yea...
Monday, April 15, 2024

Ken Holtzman, 1945-2024

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I don't need reminders of my advancing age. My bones, muscles and joints do that for me, just fine, even after two hip replacements. I c...

Yanks Stay On Top of MLB with 2 of 3 vs. Guardians

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When I was a kid, the Yankees never, ever lost to the Cleveland Guardians. Of course, when I was a kid, the Yankees never, ever beat the Cle...
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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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