That's My Girl, Part 20!

 

That's My Girl, Part 21!

Summer Collegiate / Independent Baseball Leagues - 2026

Cowboy Collegiate League

Baytown Bulkheads - W.L. Jenkins Park (City of Baytown)

Pearland Cobblers - Veterans Sports Complex
Pearland Cobblers - Dawson High School Baseball Field - 6/7/26 - $10.87

Galveston Sand Crabs - Tor Baseball Field

Texas City Tall Boys - Robinson Park

(Conroe) Texas X's - Ferrell Park at Elmore Field (Conroe ISD) - 6/1/26 - $10 plus $1.63 service fee = $11.63

Weatherford Cutters - Noon Lions Field in partnership with the Weatherford Baseball and Softball Association

Denton Dillies - Roberts Field - Cancelled operations

Tyler Knockouts - Mike Carter Field 

Wichita Falls Spudders - Hoskins Field (Wichita Falls ISD)

Waco Woolly Wranglers - Riverbend Ballpark (City of Waco)

Mid-America League

Beaumont Oil Barons - Vincent-Beck Stadium (Lamar)

Bryan Yard Dogs

Fort Scott Dragoons

Meridian Blues

Nacogdoches Niners

Piney Woods - White Oak TimberHogs

Pecos League (Texas Teams Only)

Alpine Cowboys

Pecos Bills

Austin Weirdos

Texas Collegiate League (June 2 - July 26)

Acadiana Cane Cutters - Fabacher Field, Youngsville, Louisiana

Baton Rouge Rougarou - Goldsby Field

Brazos Valley Bombers - Boenker Stadium (Navasota ISD) - 6/5/26 - $7.58

Lake Charles Gumbeaux Gators - Joe Miller Ballpark (McNeese State)

San Antonio River Monsters - Sullivan Field (UIW)

Victoria Generals - Riverside Stadium

Abilene Flying Bison - Walt Driggers Field (McMurry)

Sherman ShadowCats - Veterans Field

Churches Attended and Visited in 2026 (21 of 22 weeks)

January 4 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Greg Matte)
January 11 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert)
January 18 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Stephen Trammell)* - 1
January 25 - Houston's First Baptist Church cancelled in-person worship due to winter storm

February 1 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Greg Matte)

February 8 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte)* - 2
February 15 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Leon Brooks III)* - 3
February 22 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert)

March 1 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Greg Matte)
March 8 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brandon Ayers)* - 4
March 15 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert)
March 22 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte)* - 5

March 29 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Greg Matte)

April 4 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 - Saturday Easter Service (Greg Matte)* - 6

April 12 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte)* - 7
April 19 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert)

April 26 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Dr. John Piper)

April 26 - Attended Houston's First Baptist Church The4 - New LBS Class (Chad Chambers)

May 3 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte)* - 8

May 3 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert)

May 3 - Attended Houston's First Baptist Church The4 - New LBS Class (Chad Chambers)

May 10 - Absent (Watched Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. service Online - Greg Matte)

May 17 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte)* - 9
May 24 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte)* - 10
May 31 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Ethan Schifelbein)* - 11 

June 7 -  Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Dr. Bill Blocker, President, College of Biblical Studies, Houston)* - 12

Daily Reading Efforts - June 2026

6/30/2026

6/29/2026

6/28/2026

6/27/2026

6/26/2026

6/25/2026

6/24/2026

6/23/2026

6/22/2026

6/21/2026

6/20/2026

6/19/2026

6/18/2026

6/17/2026

6/16/2026

6/15/2026

6/14/2026

6/13/2026

6/12/2026

6/11/2026

6/10/2026

6/9/2026

6/8/2026

6/7/2026 (128 pages)
Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World (Pages ix-x, 1-97) - 130pp

Willie: The Game-Changing Story of the NHL's First Black Player (Pages 188-216) - 241pp

6/6/2026 (27 pages)

Daily Devotions for Die-Hard Fans:  Texas A&M Aggies (Pages 2-3) - 201pp

Playback (Pages xi-xv) - 153pp

Sports Stories and the Bible (Pages 30-33) - 184pp

The Baseball Astrologer and Other Weird Tales (Pages 50-56) - 302pp
Way of the Cross: The Passion of Christ in the Americas (Pages ix-xiv, 1-4) - 111pp

6/5/2026 (82 pages)

Willie: The Game-Changing Story of the NHL's First Black Player (Pages 106-187) - 241pp

6/4/2026 - Nothing

6/3/2026 - Nothing

6/2/2026 (77 pages)
Cape Cod Baseball League: From College Stars to Big League Futures (Pages 11-40; Kindle)

Terrific Five Star Customer Service: Learning About Excellent Service From Special People (Pages 44-49) - 129pp

The Journey: Walking the Road to Bethlehem (Pages 122-137)
Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts (Vol. 2) (Pages 154-161; Kindle)

Willie: The Game-Changing Story of the NHL's First Black Player (Pages 89-105) - 241pp

6/1/2026 (104 pages)

Season's End: God's Game Plan, His Path, His Purpose (Pages 28-46) - 263pp
Terrific Five Star Customer Service: Learning About Excellent Service From Special People (Pages iii-x, 1-43) - 129pp

Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts (Vol. 2) (Pages 120-153; Kindle)

Cities in Texas to Run/Walk a Mile or more in (370)

Abilene | Albany | Aledo | Alice | Allen | Alpine | Altair | Alvin | Alvord | Amarillo | Anahuac | Anderson | Angleton | Anson | Anthony | Archer City | Arlington | Athens | Austin

Baird | Balch Springs | Ballinger | Bandera | Bastrop | Bay City | Baytown | Beaumont | Beeville | Bellaire | Bellville | Benbrook | Benjamin | Big Lake | Big Spring | Boerne | Bolivar Peninsula | Bonham | Bowie | Brady | Breckenridge | Bremond | Brenham | Bridgeport | Brookshire | Brownfield | Brownwood | Bryan | Buda | Bullard | Burleson | Burnet | Burton

Caldwell | Calvert | Cameron | Canton | Canyon | Carrizo Springs | Carrollton | Carthage | Cedar Park | Center | Centerville | Channelview | Channing | Chico | Childress | Chilton | Clarendon | Clarksville | Claude | Clear Lake | Cleburne | Cleveland | Clifton | Clute | Coleman | College Station | Colorado City | Columbus | Comanche | Conroe | Cooper | Copperas Cove | Corinth | Corpus Christi | Corsicana | Crawford | Crockett | Crosby | Crowell | Crystal Beach | Crystal City | Cuero | Cypress

Daingerfield | Dalhart | Dallas | Dayton | De Leon | Decatur | DeCordova | Deer Park | Denton | Diboll | Dime Box | Dublin

Eagle Pass | East Bernard | Eastland | Eden | Edna | El Paso | Eldorado | Ellinger | Emory | Ennis

Fairfield | Fairview | Falfurrias | Floresville | Flower Mound | Forestburg | Fort Davis | Fort Worth | Franklin | Fredericksburg | Frisco | Fulshear

Galena Park | Galveston | Gatesville | Georgetown | Giddings | Gilmer | Glen Rose | Godley | Golden | Goldthwaite | Goliad | Gonzales | Graham | Grand Prairie | Grandview | Grapeland | Grapevine | Greenville | Groesbeck | Groveton | Gustine | Guthrie

 

Hallettsville | Hamilton | Harker Heights | Harlingen | Haskell | Helotes | Hemphill | Hempstead | Henderson | Henrietta | Hico | Highland Village | Hillsboro | Holland | Hondo | Houston | Humble | Huntsville

Irving

Jacksboro | Jacksonville | Jasper | Jefferson | Johnson City | Jourdanton | Junction

Karnes City | Katy | Kaufman | Keller | Kemah | Kermit | Killeen | Kingsville | Kingwood | Kosse | Krum | Kyle

La Grange | La Marque | La Porte | Lake Jackson | Lakeway | Lamesa | Lampasas | Lantana | League City | Leakey | Leander | Lexington | Liberty | Lindsay | Lipscomb | Livingston | Llano | Lockhart | Longview | Lott | Louise | Lovelady | Lubbock | Lufkin | Lumberton

Madisonville | Magnolia | Manor | Mansfield | Marathon | Marfa | Marlin | Marshall | Mart | Mason | Mathis | Maxwell | McKinney | Memphis | Menard | Mentone | Mertzon | Mexia | Midland | Midlothian | Milano | Millsap | Mineola | Mineral Wells | Mingus | Mission | Missouri City | Monahans | Mont Belvieu | Montague | Montgomery | Morgan's Point Resort | Morton | Mount Pleasant | Mount Vernon | Muenster

Nacogdoches | Navasota | Needville | New Braunfels | New Caney | New Waverly | Newton | North Richland Hills

Oak Ridge North | Odessa | Omaha | Orange | Orchard | Ozona
 

Paducah | Palestine | Paradise | Paris | Pasadena | Pattison | Patton Village | Pearland | Pearsall | Peaster | Pecos | Perryton | Pflugerville | Pilot Point | Pittsburg | Plano | Point Blank | Ponder | Port Arthur | Port Bolivar | Port Neches | Port O'Connor | Poteet | Prairie View

Quanah | Queen City | Quitman

Richmond | Riesel | Riverside | Robert Lee | Robinson | Roby | Rockport | Rockwall | Rogers | 

Rollingwood | Roman Forest | Round Rock

Salado | San Angelo | San Antonio | San Augustine | San Marcos | San Saba | Sanger | Santa Fe | Schertz | Schulenburg | Seabrook | Sealy | Seguin | Seymour | Shenandoah | Shepherd | Sherman | Silsbee | Slidell | Smithville | Snyder | Somerville | Sonora | Spearman | Splendora | Spring | Springtown | St. Jo | Stephenville | Sterling City | Stockdale | Stratford | Sugar Land | Sulphur Springs | Surfside Beach | Sweetwater

Tahoka | Taylor | Temple | Texarkana | Texas City | The Woodlands | Throckmorton | Tomball | Trinity | Trophy Club | Tyler

Uvalde

Valley Mills | Vega | Vernon | Victoria

Waco | Waller | Wallis | Waxahachie | Weatherford | Webster | West | Wharton | Wichita Falls | Willis | Windthorst | Woodbranch | Woodville | Woodway

Zapata 

Miles and Miles - 5/25/26 to 6/24/26

May 25 - June 24 - 3.1 miles running - 21.41 miles walking - 18.91 miles walking (Apple Health) - 0 miles cycling (using 9 miles = 30 minutes) - 6,036 meters rowing (1 of 8 days) - 198 minutes elliptical (6 of 13 days) - 91,709 steps - 6 of 13 gym days

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May 25 (Monday:  Day 1) - 3.1 miles running at Seven Hills Running Club Memorial Day 5K (Huntsville, TX) - 32:20.72 - 1.5 miles walking (Apple Health) - 8,296 steps
May 26 (Tuesday:  Day 2) - 4.5 miles walking on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (1:09:06 / 15:21) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 383 calories; 5,788 strides) - 0.8 miles walking (Apple Health) - 10,320 steps
May 27 (Wednesday:  Day 3) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway // 29:27.74 (north) - 17:38.40 - 14:34.70 (south) = 1:01:39.84 / 15:25 - 0.6 miles walking (Apple Health) - 9,564 steps

May 28 (Thursday:  Day 4) - 30:07 rowing for 6,036 meters (26 strokes/min.; 2:27/500m) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 387 calories; 5,906 strides) - 1.8 miles walking (Apple Health) - 4,596 steps
May 29 (Friday:  Day 5) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 390 calories; 5,950 strides) - 0.62 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,525 steps
May 30 (Saturday:  Day 6) - 5.84 miles walking in Springwoods Village (1:29:48 / 15:23) - 1.06 miles walking (Apple Health) - 13,540 steps
May 31 (Sunday:  Day 7) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 392 calories; 5,982 strides) - 1 mile walking (Apple Health) - 2,618 steps

June 1 (Monday:  Day 8) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 386 calories; 5,860 strides) - 1.3 miles walking (Apple Health) - 3,418 steps
June 2 (Tuesday:  Day 9) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 385 calories; 5,846 strides) - 2.5 miles walking (Apple Health) - 5,757 steps

June 3 (Wednesday:  Day 10) - 2 miles walking (Apple Health) - 4,571 steps

June 4 (Thursday:  Day 11) - 1.7 miles walking (Apple Health) - 4,280 steps

June 5 (Friday:  Day 12) - 1.04 miles walking in Calvert (16:03 / 15:26) - 3.96 miles walking (Apple Health) - 11,267 steps

June 6 (Saturday:  Day 13) - 4.84 miles walking in Huntsville (37:06.18 - 36:42.54 = 1:13:48.72 / 15:15) - 1.19 miles walking in Anderson (18:25 / 15:29) - 0.07 miles walking (Apple Health) - 12,157 steps