Daily Reading Efforts - April 2025

4/30/2025

4/29/2025

4/28/2025

4/27/2025

4/26/2025

4/25/2025

4/24/2025

4/23/2025

4/22/2025

4/21/2025

4/20/2025

4/19/2025

4/18/2025

4/17/2025

4/16/2025

4/15/2025

4/14/2025

4/13/2025

4/12/2025

4/11/2025

4/10/2025

4/9/2025

4/8/2025 (13 pages)

Pressure (Pages 105-117) - 224pp

4/7/2025 (75 pages)

A History of Sport : An Illustrated Record of the Greatest Wins, Misses, and Matchups from the Games We Love (Pages 10-11; Barry Sanders) - 108pp

Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Making of a Champion (Pages 15-24; Worst Kid on Doucette) - 183pp

Dazzling Debuts: First At-Bat Home Runs (2283-3187; 80 slides - 40 pages; Kindle)

Pressure (Pages 97-104) - 224pp

Strange and Obscure Stories of New York City: Little-Known Tales About Gotham's People and Places (Pages 154-166) - 192pp

You Know You're in Texas When...: 101 Quintessential Places, People, Events, Customs, Lingo, and Eats of the Lone Star State (Pages 39-41) - 101pp

4/6/2025 (92 pages)

A History of Sport : An Illustrated Record of the Greatest Wins, Misses, and Matchups from the Games We Love (Pages 8-9; Bobby Knight) - 108pp

A Texan Looks At Lyndon:  A Study in Illegitimate Power (Pages 169-177) - 254pp

A Walk in Our Cleats: 25 Athletes Who Never Gave Up (Pages 23-30; Chris Harris, Jr.) - 192pp

Dazzling Debuts: First At-Bat Home Runs (1637-2274; 60 slides - 30 pages; Kindle)

Pressure (Pages 84-96) - 224pp

Wheelchair Champions: A History of Wheelchair Sports (Pages 21-50) - 112pp

4/5/2025 (98 pages)

A History of Sport : An Illustrated Record of the Greatest Wins, Misses, and Matchups from the Games We Love (Pages 6-7; Curt Schilling) - 108pp

A Walk in Our Cleats: 25 Athletes Who Never Gave Up (Pages 5-22; Steven Johnson, Jr.) - 192pp

Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Making of a Champion (Pages 9-14; Breaking Barriers) - 183pp

Dazzling Debuts: First At-Bat Home Runs (706-1630; 69 slides - 34 pages; Kindle)

Strange and Obscure Stories of New York City: Little-Known Tales About Gotham's People and Places (Pages 138-153) - 192pp

Wheelchair Champions: A History of Wheelchair Sports (Pages 1-20; The Forties) - 112pp

You Know You're in Texas When...: 101 Quintessential Places, People, Events, Customs, Lingo, and Eats of the Lone Star State (Pages 37-38) - 101pp

4/4/2025 (71 pages)

Dazzling Debuts: First At-Bat Home Runs (62-697; 65 slides - 32 pages; Kindle)

Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America (Pages 88-95) - 248pp

Pressure (Pages 67-83) - 224pp

Strange and Obscure Stories of New York City: Little-Known Tales About Gotham's People and Places (Pages 124-137) - 192pp

4/3/2025 (53 pages)

Baseball Research Journal, Volume 53, Number 1, Spring 2024 (Pages 228-234; Kindle)

Keys to Experiencing Azusa Fire: Lessons from the Revival that Changed the Landscape of Global Christianity (Pages 254-275; Kindle)

Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America (Pages 78-87) - 248pp

Pressure (Pages 53-66) - 224pp

4/2/2025 (80 pages)

Keys to Experiencing Azusa Fire: Lessons from the Revival that Changed the Landscape of Global Christianity (Pages 224-253; Kindle) - 275pp

Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America (Pages 65-77) - 248pp

Pressure (Pages 38-52) - 224pp

Strange and Obscure Stories of New York City: Little-Known Tales About Gotham's People and Places (Pages 114-123) - 192pp

Triumph and Tragedy in Mudville: A Lifelong Passion for Baseball (Pages 100-111) - 342pp

4/1/2025 (113 pages)

Keys to Experiencing Azusa Fire: Lessons from the Revival that Changed the Landscape of Global Christianity (Pages 186-223; Kindle) - 275pp

Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America (Pages 53-64) - 248pp

Pressure (Pages 27-37) - 224pp

Strange and Obscure Stories of New York City: Little-Known Tales About Gotham's People and Places (Pages 101-113) - 192pp

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (Pages 135-171) - 244pp

Triumph and Tragedy in Mudville: A Lifelong Passion for Baseball (Pages 98-99) - 342pp

Miles and Miles - 3/25/25 to 4/24/25

March 25 - April 24 - 7.033 miles running - 14.461 miles walking - 18.426 miles walking (Apple Health) - 0 miles cycling (using 9 miles = 30 minutes) - 24,415 meters rowing (4 of 14 days) - 429 minutes elliptical (13 of 14 days) - 79,731 steps

March 25 (Tuesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 394 calories; 6,034 strides) - 30:13 rowing for 6,055 meters (26 strokes/min.; 2:24/500m) - 1.1 miles walking (Apple Health) - 2,816 steps

March 26 (Wednesday) - 3.033 miles running at Knox Junior High Track (31:19.89 / 10:20) - 1.011 miles walking at Knox Junior High Track (15:36.96 / 15:27) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 390 calories; 5,962 strides) - 1.456 miles walking (Apple Health) - 10,074 steps

March 27 (Thursday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 393 calories; 6,008 strides) - 1 mile walking (Apple Health) - 2,528 steps

March 28 (Friday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 392 calories; 5,994 strides) - 1.2 miles walking (Apple Health) - 2,947 steps

March 29 (Saturday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 395 calories; 6,054 strides) - 30:08 rowing for 6,148 meters (25 strokes/min.; 2:24/500m) - 0.83 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,992 steps

March 30 (Sunday) - 5 miles walking on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (1:14:15 / 14:51) - 0.7 miles walking (Apple Health) - 11,057 steps

March 31 (Monday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 392 calories; 5,990 strides) - 4.5 miles walking (Apple Health) - 11,795 steps

April 1 (Tuesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 392 calories; 5,982 strides) - 0.94 miles walking (Apple Health) - 2,304 steps

April 2 (Wednesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 394 calories; 6,038 strides) - 30:11 rowing for 6,155 meters (26 strokes/min.; 2:23/500m) - 1.5 miles walking (Apple Health) - 3,565 steps

April 3 (Thursday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 397 calories; 6,078 strides) - 4 miles running on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (41:54.80 / 10:29) - 1.3 miles walking (Apple Health) - 9,459 steps

April 4 (Friday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 392 calories; 5,990 strides) - 30:14 rowing for 6,057 meters (25 strokes/min.; 2:28/500m) - 1.3 miles walking (Apple Health) - 3,173 steps

April 5 (Saturday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 390 calories; 5,950 strides) - 1.2 miles walking (Apple Health) - 2,925 steps

April 6 (Sunday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 400 calories; 6,132 strides) - 6 miles walking at Memorial Park (1:30:46 / 15:08) - 1.4 miles walking (Apple Health) - 15,096 steps

April 7 (Monday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 389 calories; 5,984 strides) - 2.45 miles walking in Springwoods Village (38:21.84 / 15:40)

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In Transit Books

From February

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" (Pages 33-68; Kindle)

From Bytown to the Big Leagues: 150 Years of America’s Pastime in Canada’s Capital, Ottawa Baseball from 1865 to 2025 (Pages 1-52; 104-617; Kindle)

Paradise of God: Discover the Biblical Truth About Heaven and Unlock the Mystery of Life After Death (Pages 82-125; Kindle) - 255pp

Red Rose Crew: A True Story of Women, Winning, and the Water (Pages 67-68) - 207pp

When Minor League Baseball Almost Went Bust: 1946 - 1963 (Pages 358-428; 3426-4137; Kindle)

From January

Big Play:  Barra on Football (Pages 15-26) - 281pp

From December

Chamique: On Family, Focus, and Basketball (Pages 42-53) - 189pp

Entering The Promised Land (Pages 72-82) - 149pp

The Temple of Jerusalem (Pages 11-12) - 107pp

When the Kings Come Marching In: Isaiah and the New Jerusalem (Pages vii-xi, 1-25) - 131pp

From November

1643 Days:  In A Federal Prison Camp (Pages iii-viii, 1-5) - 227pp

God at Ground Zero: How Good Overcame Evil, One Heart at a Time (Pages vii-xiv) - 208pp

People of Memorial Park:  Stories From Houston's Favorite Trail (Pages 88-96) - 162pp

unSpun: Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation (Page 36) - 188pp

From October

Ascending the Ladder: 9 Biblical Lessons for Reaching Your Career Goals and Thriving at Work (Pages 9-40; Kindle)

Chronicle of a Small Town (Pages ix-x, 3-7) - 175pp

Fastpitch:  The Untold History of Softball and the Women Who Made The Game (Pages 64-72) - 289pp

From September

The Jonathan Effect:  Helping Kids and Schools Win the Battle Against Poverty (Pages 64-77) - 184pp

From August

And Then the End will Come: The Completion of the Great Commission and Nine other Clues That Jesus is Coming Soon (Pages 18-38) - 225pp

When The News Went Live:  Dallas 1963 (Pages vii-xvi) - 197pp

From July

Know Your Bible (Pages 15-16) - 95pp

Not Some Random Clown:  A Youth Football Coaching Legend's Rise To Glory (Pages 2-44; Kindle) - 146pp

Sacred Smallness: Finding Kingdom Greatness in a Fruitful, Hidden Life (Pages 54-58; Kindle) - 210pp

Willie: The Game-Changing Story of the NHL's First Black Player (Pages 1-12) - 241pp

From June

The Journey: Walking the Road to Bethlehem (Pages 9-20) - 137pp

From May

Sox Bid Curse Farewell:  The 2004 Boston Red Sox (Pages 29-44 (803); Kindle)

The Greatest Game Ever Played (Pages 10-13) - 163pp

The Race Before Us:  A Journey of Running and Faith (Pages 9-23) - 210pp

From April

Angels in the Realms of Heaven: The Reality of Angelic Ministry Today (Dancing with Angels) (Pages 19-20; Kindle)

Bat 6 (Pages 1-18 plus Author's Note) - 229pp

Hiroshima (Pages 1-9) - 153pp

Books Bought at Oh Goodie A Book (Houston) on 4/5/25 - 26 (Finished 0)

"A History of Sport : An Illustrated Record of the Greatest Wins, Misses, and Matchups from the Games We Love" by Andrew Janik ($12.53 Amazon)

"A Walk in Our Cleats: 25 Athletes Who Never Gave Up" by Steven Johnson Jr. and Paul Cartwright ($11.33)

"America Plays Ball: Historical Baseball Photographs from the Library of Congress" by Nicholas Osborne

"Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Making of a Champion" by Russell Freedman ($11.61 Amazon)

"Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game" by John Thorn 

"Double Play" by Ben & Julianna Zobris with Mike Yorkey

"Finding Ultra, Revised and Updated Edition: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself" by Rich Roll 

"Fixed: How Goodfellas Bought Boston College Basketball" by David Porter 

"Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete" by William C. Rhoden

"George Weah The Dream, The Legend, The Rise to Power: The Journey of an Enigmatic Leader" by Emmanuel Clarke and Isaac Vah Tukpah

"Get in the Game: 8 Elements of Perseverance That Make the Difference" by Cal Ripken Jr. and Donald T. Phillips 

"Gretzky's Tears: Hockey, America and the Day Everything Changed" by Stephen Brunt

"Grinders: Baseball's Intrepid Infantry" by Mike Capps and Chuck Hartenstein

"In Control: The Rebirth of an NFL Legend" by Thomas Henderson with Frank Luksa

"K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches" by Tyler Kepner 

"Life With A Swinger: Conversations Off The Tee With Golf Professionals And Their Wives" by Kay Davidoff-Ziplow and Leslie F. Zinberg

"Muck City: Winning and Losing in Football's Forgotten Town" by Bryan Mealer

"Plague of the Gods: An Outsider's Perspective on Baseball's Tommy John Epidemic" by Matthew Aquilina

"Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won" by Tobias Moskowitz and L. Jon Wertheim

"Stephen Curry: The Inspiring Story of One of Basketball's Sharpest Shooters" by Clayton Geoffreys

"The Complete Game: Reflections on Baseball, Pitching, and Life on the Mound" by Ron Darling

"The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It" by Lawrence S. Ritter 

"The Hidden Language of Baseball: How Signs and Sign-Stealing Have Influenced the Course of Our National Pastime" by Paul Dickson

"The Sacred Acre: The Ed Thomas Story" by Mark Tabb with the Ed Thomas Family

"Till the End" by CC Sabathia with Chris Smith

"Wheelchair Champions: A History of Wheelchair Sports" by Harriet May Savitz 

Movies Seen in Theaters in 2025 - 31

"Ash", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 25)***
"Babygirl", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (January 12)***

"Black Bag", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 19)*

"Captain America:  Brave New World", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 17)*

"Cleaner", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (February 25)**

"Companion", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (February 6)

"Day of Reckoning", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 28)*

"Dog Man", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (February 3)***

"Flight Risk", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (January 29)**

"Heart Eyes", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 12)

"Kraven The Hunter", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (January 8)*

"Last Breath", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 7)****
"Locked", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 20)**

"Love Hurts", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (February 8)

"Night of the Zoopocalypse", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 18)*

"Novocaine", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (April 2)

"One Of Them Days", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (January 22)***
"Opus", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 15)
"Paddington in Peru", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 3)

"Presence", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (January 28)

"Riff Raff", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 10)*

"Rule Breakers", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 13)*
"September 5", Cinemark 17, The Woodlands, TX (January 25)**

"Sonic the Hedgehog 3", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (January 6)
"The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 14)

"The Fire Inside", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (January 7)***

"The Last Showgirl", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (January 16)*

"The Luckiest Man in America", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (April 3)*

"The Room Next Door", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (January 18)***

"The Unbreakable Boy", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (February 24)*

"Valiant One", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (January 30)

Books Read in 2025 - 25 (16 Regular / 9 Kindle / 0 Internet Archive)

"Kindle Book" by Author (Finished January 1) - Kindle via Amazon Prime Reading

"Book" by Author (Finished January 1) - Location

"The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet" by Henry Fountain (Finished January 6) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub
"Aloha Rodeo: Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World's Greatest Rodeo, and a Hidden History of the American West" by David Wolman and Julian Smith (Finished January 6) - College Station Half Price Books
"Unmasked:  Real People from Montgomery County, Texas" by Daren Lindley (Finished 6) - College Station Half Price Books

"Lattin's Slam Dunk to Glory: The Amazing True Story of the 1966 NCAA Season and the Championship Game that Changed America Forever" by David "Big Daddy D" Lattin (Finished January 12) - College Station Half Price Books

"Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras:  A History of Blaxploitation Cinema" by Odie Henderson (Finished January 15) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub

"Slam Dunk 2: Winning Players Talk About Basketball, Family, and Faith" by Dave Branon (Finished January 18) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"Confessions of a Baseball Purist: What's Right--and Wrong--with Baseball, as Seen from the Best Seat in the House" by Jon Miller with Mark Hyman (Finished January 19) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"One Final Pass: 15 Years Later" by Arthur L. Lindsay with Jan Berringer (Finished February 20) - College Station Half Price Books

"Come Home: Pray, Prophesy, and Proclaim God's Promises Over Your Prodigal" by Tim Sheets and Rachel Shafer (Finished January 22) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub

"Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder" by Salmon Rushdie (Finished January 30) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub

"One Dream:  The NFL" by Woody Falgoux (Finished January 31) - Oh Goodie A Book
"Third and a Mile: The Trials and Triumphs of the Black Quarterback" by William C. Rhoden (Finished February 10) - Half Price Books Humble
"The Book Collectors: A Band of Syrian Rebels and the Stories That Carried Them Through a War" by Delphine Minoui (Finished February 19) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub

"The Ticket Out: Darryl Strawberry and the Boys of Crenshaw" by Michael Sokolove (Finished February 20) - Humble Half Price Books

"Summer Madness: Inside The Wild, Wacky World of the WNBA" by Fran Harris (Finished March 5) - Friends of Houston Public Library

"The King and the Cowboy: Theodore Roosevelt and Edward the Seventh, Secret Partners" by David Fromkin (Finished March 6) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"Missing In Flight" by Audrey J. Cole (Finished March 7) - Kindle via Amazon.com Prime Reads

"Saturdays with Billy: My Friendship with Billy Graham" by Don Wilton (Finished March 9) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"Religion of Sports: Navigating the Trials of Life Through the Games We Love" by Gotham Chopra and Joe Levin (Finished March 10) - Barnes & Noble Town and Country Village 
"Great Texas Christmas Legends" by Zeno Zeplin (Finished March 15) - College Station Half Price Books

"The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin" by Masha Gessen (Finished March 20) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub

"Taking Flak: Life In The Fast Lane" by Dan Pastorini with John P. Lopez (Finished March 26) - Houston Westheimer Half Price Books Outlet
"When Baseball Was Baseball" by Don Drewniak (Finished March 29) - Kindle via Amazon.com

"The Real World of Texas Politics" by Richard Locander, Richard Shaw and Kevin Bailey (Finished March 31) - Half Price Books Humble

"Keys to Experiencing Azusa Fire: Lessons from the Revival that Changed the Landscape of Global Christianity" by Jeff Oliver & Rick Joyner (Finished April 3) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub

2025 Overall Baseball Log - 11 Games

3/  7 - #172 - Kingwood Covenant Preparatory Academy 17, Bryan Allen Academy 7 at Church Field, Humble (High School)

3/  8 - #173 - Montgomery Lake Creek 10, Waller 0 (5 innings) at Dale Westmoreland Field, Klein (High School)*

3/  8 - #174 - Mont Belvieu Barbers Hill 3, Pearland 0 at Barbers Hill Baseball Stadium, Mont Belvieu (High School)*

3/11 - #175 - Magnolia 10, Tomball Memorial 3 at Tomball Memorial Baseball Field, Tomball (High School)

3/14 - #176 - Splendora 3, Pasadena 2 at Splendora Baseball Field, Splendora (High School)*

3/15 - #177 - Conroe Oak Ridge 5, New Caney 3 at Adam Dunn Field, New Caney (High School)*

3/16 - #178 - Blinn College 11, Galveston College 9 at Bernard Davis Field, Galveston (Junior College) - 6.5 innings

3/21 - #179 - Porter 8, New Caney West Fork 3 at West Fork Baseball Field, Kingwood (High School) - 5 innings
3/22 - #180 - Humble Kingwood Park 15, Spring Branch Stratford at The Backyard (Stratford High School Baseball Field), Houston (High School) - 4.5 innings

3/29 - #181 - Aldine 5, Aldine MacArthur 4 at Elliott Lansford Baseball Field, Houston (High School)*

4/  1 - #182 - Spring 7, Aldine MacArthur 6 at Spring High School Baseball Field, Spring (High School)