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How I Can Be Both a Democrat and a Yankee Fan
Robert F. Kennedy and Mickey Mantle, 1965People have asked me how I can be both a Yankee Fan and a Democrat.The pairing doesn't seem to make sense. The New York Yankees, more than any other sports team...
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October 27, 2004: The Curse of the Bambino Is Broken
October 27, 2004, 20 years ago: The Curse of the Bambino is finally broken. Well, sort of. The Boston Red Sox win their 1st World Series in 86 years with a 3-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals, in...
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Game 2 Was Worse
Game 2 of the World Series was worse for the Yankees than Game 1 was.We were counting on 2 things: Scoring at least 3 runs in the 1st 9 innings, and Carlos Rodón pitching against the Los Angeles...
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October 29, 2014: The Madison Bumgarner Game
October 29, 2014, 10 years ago: For only the 2nd time since Bud Selig -- now, thankfully, overseeing his final game as Commissioner -- declared in 2003 that the League that wins the All-Star Game would...
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This World Series Is Being Lost
Yankee Stadium II packed for its 1st World Series game in 15 years. The home crowd roaring. Derek Jeter throwing out the ceremonial first ball. It was all set for the Yankees to take over the Series...
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October 30, 1954: The NBA Begins Using the 24-Second Shot Clock
Danny Biasone, 1992October 30, 1954, 70 years ago: The National Basketball Association starts the 1954-55 season, the 1st with the 24-second shot clock. Professional basketball would never be the...
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October 30, 1974: The Rumble In the Jungle
October 30, 1974, 50 years ago: "The Rumble in the Jungle" is held in Kinshasa, in the former colony of Belgian Congo, at this point called Zaire, and since 1997 called the Democratic Republic of the...
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Game 4: Yankees Finally Show Up
Well, look who finally decided to show up at the World Series: The Yankees.After yet another home run by Freddie Freeman put them in a 2-0 hole before they could even come to bat, it looked like the...
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Yankee Season-Ending Dates, 1903-2024
August 11: 1994, end of regular season (Strike)September 2: 1918, end of regular season (World War I)September 26: 1954, end of regular seasonSeptember 27: 1903, 1931, end of regular seasonSeptember...
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One of the Worst Performances In Yankee History
Game 5 of the 2024 World Series: Dodgers 7, Yankees 6. One of the worst performances in Yankee history, a set of 4 innings that were worse than the first 3 games combined, as bad as those were.It...
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Each Metropolitan Area's Last World Championship
1. Los Angeles: 2024 World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers.2. Miami: 2024 Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers.3. New England: 2024 NBA Champion Boston Celtics.4. Kansas City: 2024 Super Bowl...
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November 1, 1994: ADX Florence Opens
November 1, 1994, 30 years ago: ADX Florence opens, the federal "supermax" prison in Florence, Colorado, 110 miles south of Denver. It is the new Alcatraz: Home for the worst of the worst, and no one...
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November 2, 2004: George W. Bush Is Re-Elected President
November 2, 2004, 20 years ago: George W. Bush achieves -- due to the appearance of shenanigans in Ohio, I won't say "wins" -- a 2nd term as President, defeating the Democratic nominee, Senator John F....
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Each Metropolitan Area's Last Finals Berth
1. Los Angeles: Dodgers Won 2024 World Series.2. New York: Yankees Lost 2024 World Series.3. Miami: Florida Panthers Won 2024 Stanley Cup.4. New England: Boston Celtics Won 2024 NBA Championship.5....
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November 3, 1964: Lyndon Johnson Is Elected to a Full Term as President
Apparently, in 1964, the New York Daily News,normally a populist conservative paper in those days,was willing to print a color photo on the front page,even though the President was a liberal...
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Conservatives vs. Liberals
Conservatives like to say, "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner."Conservatism is the wolves having steak, and telling the lambs that there will be some left over....
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Dub Jones, 1924-2024
We can now close the books on an interesting chapter in the history of professional football: The All-America Football Conference of 1946 to 1949, the league that produced 3 teams that joined the NFL....
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November 4, 1924: Keeping Cool With Coolidge
November 4, 1924, 100 years ago: President Calvin Coolidge, who took the office on the death of Warren Harding the year before, is elected to a full term in his own right. The Republican, who had been...
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Is Trump "Hitler"?
Every politician gets compared, by people who don't like him or her, to Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945.Donald Trump, more than most. But that's not fair. Only Hitler was...
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Closing Argument
Tomorrow is Election Day. The Democratic Party has nominated Vice President Kamala Harris, who previously served as U.S. Senator from California, Attorney General of her State, and District Attorney...
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For Those About to Stay Home Or Vote 3rd Party
In 1968, Hubert Humphrey wasn't pure enough for the leftists. They stayed home or voted 3rd party, and ended up with the President the least like the one they wanted, Richard Nixon.In 1980, Jimmy...
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November 5, 1994: George Foreman Regains the Heavyweight Title
November 5, 1994, 30 years ago: A 45-year-old overweight minister wins the Heavyweight Championship of the World. It doesn't sound possible. It is, when it's George Foreman.Wearing the same trunks he...
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November 6, 1984: President Ronald Reagan Is Re-Elected
November 6, 1984, 40 years ago: President Ronald Reagan is overwhelmingly re-elected, defeating Walter Mondale, who had been Vice President under Reagan's predecessor as President, Jimmy Carter. Reagan...
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I Did Warn You
As I write this, it is after midnight on November 6, 2024. Unless the city and mail-in votes come in the favorable way, November 5, 2024 will go down as the darkest day in American history.I had hoped...
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Where Have All the Voters Gone?
1960 to 1964: Democrats gained 8.9 million votes, Republicans lost 7.0 million. Barry Goldwater scared people away.1964 to 1968: Republicans gained 4.6 million, Democrats lost 11.9 million. People were...
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