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, December 24, 2024

Santa Claus Is a Superhero

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Santa Claus is a superhero. Think about it: * He makes the impossible happen, although with magic rather than what most of us would call ...

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Monday, December 23, 2024

December 23, 1924: Basketball's 1st Big Man Is Born

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December 23, 1924, 100 years ago: Robert Albert Kurland is born in St. Louis, and grows up in nearby Jennings, Missouri. He was considered ...

Sunday, December 22, 2024

December 22, 1984: The Subway Vigilante

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The story of Brian Thompson, the CEO of United Healthcare, and his murder on a New York street, and the arrest of Luigi Mangione for the cri...

Saturday, December 21, 2024

Rickey Henderson, 1958-2024

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When Willie Mays died earlier this year, I wrote a post on who had succeeded him as baseball's greatest living player. I made 4 nominati...

George Eastham, 1936-2024

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George Eastham American baseball had Curt Flood, who dared to attack the reserve clause, unsuccessfully; and Andy Messersmith, who provided ...

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

55: No Limit

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Today, I turned Hideki Matsui years old. It's an age I certainly hoped to reach, but couldn't imagine myself being. As Yogi Berra pu...

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Monday, December 16, 2024

December 16, 1899: Soccer Comes to Italy

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Herbert Kilpin December 16, 1899, 125 years ago: The Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club is founded in Milan, Lombardy. Its founder is an expa...

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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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