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.

Monday, January 26, 2026

January 26, 1986: The Super Bowl Shuffle

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January 26, 1986, 40 years ago: Super Bowl XX is played at the Superdome in New Orleans. It was meant to be a coronation for the Chicago Be...

Thursday, January 22, 2026

Analyzing the 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame Vote

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I should have done this 2 days ago, right after it happened. But I'm still in the process of moving. The old condo has been cleared out....

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January 22, 1901: Queen Victoria Dies

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One of the last photos of Queen Victoria. Her son, King Edward VII, is on the right. His son, King George V, is on the left. And his son, Ki...

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

January 20, 1936: King George V Dies

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January 20, 1936, 90 years ago: King George V -- in full, George V, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominio...

Monday, January 19, 2026

Wilbur Wood, 1941-2026

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A 2020s baseball team would not know what to do with Wilbur Wood. I could say the same thing about a lot of his contemporaries. In his case,...

January 19, 1976: The Iowa Caucuses Matter for the 1st Time

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January 19, 1976, 50 years ago: The Iowa Caucuses are held. They had been held for the 1st time in 1972, but had little bearing on the Pre...

Thursday, January 15, 2026

January 15, 2001: Wikipedia Begins Operation

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January 15, 2001, 25 years ago: Wikipedia begins operation. According to its own Wikipedia page (I've removed the footnotes): Wikipedia...

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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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