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.

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

October 22, 1974: The Murcer-Bonds Trade

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October 22, 1974, 50 years ago: The Yankees and the San Francisco Giants swap popular star outfielders: Bobby Bonds goes to New York, and B...

October 22, 1954: Ford Introduces the Thunderbird

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October 22, 1954, 70 years ago: Ford Motor Company introduces the Ford Thunderbird, as part of its 1955 models. Originally a 2-seat sports ...

Sunday, October 20, 2024

Yankees Win Pennant On Soto Blast!

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Yesterday was one of those days. There was (and, as of this writing, there remains) a problem with my computer. As a result, I have to do th...

October 20, 2004: The Boston Red Sox Slay the Pinstriped Dragon

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October 20, 2004, 20 years ago: The Red Sox ruin the anniversary of Mickey Mantle's birth. Unlike the 2003-18 Red Sox, Mickey didn'...

Saturday, October 19, 2024

October 19, 1999: Kenny Rogers Walks Andruw Jones

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Historically, October 19 has been a bad day for New York baseball teams: * October 19, 1976: Game 3 of the World Series, the 1st Series game...

Friday, October 18, 2024

October 18, 1954: The Transistor Radio

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October 18 is a great anniversary: 1753: Joseph Bloomfield, Revolutionary War General, early Governor of New Jersey, and namesake of my orig...

October 18, 1924: Red Grange & the Four Horsemen

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This photo of Red Grange is colorized, but is otherwise real. October 18, 1924, 100 years ago today: Two of the most iconic games in the hi...

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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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