Daily Reading Efforts - April 2024

04/30/2024 (102 pages)

If These Walls Could Talk:  Stories from the Boston Red Sox Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box (Pages 220-233)

Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big (Pages 219-234) - 285pp

Man In The Middle (Pages 72-84) - 290pp

Playing For Freedom:  The Journey Of A Young Afghan Girl (Pages 143-182; Kindle)

Three Finger:  The Mordecai Brown Story (Pages 201-218) - $8

04/29/2024 (176 pages)

If These Walls Could Talk:  Stories from the Boston Red Sox Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box (Pages 128-219) - 233pp

Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big (Pages 201-218) - 285pp

Man In The Middle (Pages 47-71) - 290pp

Playing For Freedom:  The Journey Of A Young Afghan Girl (Pages 108-142; Kindle)

Three Finger:  The Mordecai Brown Story (Pages 196-200) - 218pp - $8

04/28/2024 (22 pages)

Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big (Pages 179-200) - 285pp

04/27/2024 (61 pages)

Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big (Pages 160-178) - 285pp

Playing For Freedom:  The Journey Of A Young Afghan Girl (Pages 66-107; Kindle)

04/26/2024 (62 pages)

If These Walls Could Talk:  Stories from the Boston Red Sox Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box (Pages 110-127) - 233pp

Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big (Pages 152-159) - 285pp

Playing For Freedom:  The Journey Of A Young Afghan Girl (Pages 35-65; Kindle)
You Know You're in Texas When...: 101 Quintessential Places, People, Events, Customs, Lingo, and Eats of the Lone Star State (Pages 30-34) - 101pp

04/25/2024 (88 pages)
Angels in the Realms of Heaven: The Reality of Angelic Ministry Today (Dancing with Angels) (Pages 19-20; Kindle)

Jesus Or Nothing (Pages 43-56) - 129pp

Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big (Pages 131-151) - 285pp

Playing For Freedom:  The Journey Of A Young Afghan Girl (Pages vii, 1-34; Kindle)

Training a Tiger: A Father's Guide to Raising a Winner in Both Golf and Life (Pages 145-160) - 184pp

04/24/2024 (175 pages)

Entering The Promised Land (Pages iv-vii, 1-7) - 149pp

Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big (Pages 113-130) - 285pp

Just Don't Quit:  Inspiration To Fulfill Your God-Sized Dream (Pages 1-54; Kindle)

Never Lie (Pages 317-335; Kindle)

Three Finger:  The Mordecai Brown Story (Pages 170-195) - 218pp - $8

Training a Tiger: A Father's Guide to Raising a Winner in Both Golf and Life (Pages 98-144) - 184pp

04/23/2024 (142 pages)

Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big (Pages 47-112) - 285pp

Never Lie (Pages 259-316; Kindle)

Training a Tiger: A Father's Guide to Raising a Winner in Both Golf and Life (Pages 80-97) - 184pp

04/22/2024 (119 pages)

Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big (Pages 39-46) - 285pp

Never Lie (Pages 190-258; Kindle)

Ross Youngs:  In Search of a San Antonio Baseball Legend (Pages 32-53) - 136pp

Three Finger:  The Mordecai Brown Story (Pages 150-169) - 218pp - $8

04/21/2024 (105 pages)

Journey to Excellence:  The Story of My Life and Faith (Pages 43-60) - 168pp

Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big (Pages 22-38) - 285pp

Man In The Middle (Pages 39-46) - 290pp

Never Lie (Pages 128-189; Kindle)

04/20/2024 (159 pages)

Bases Loaded: The Inside Story of the Steroid Era in Baseball by the Central Figure in the Mitchell Report (Pages 197-246)
Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big (Pages 1-21) - 285pp

Never Lie (Pages 60-127; Kindle)

No Easy Game: His own story in his own words (Pages 101-111) - 166pp

The Once and Future Liberal:  After Identity Politics (Pages 135-143)

04/19/2024 (115 pages)

Bases Loaded: The Inside Story of the Steroid Era in Baseball by the Central Figure in the Mitchell Report (Pages 185-196) - 246pp

Never Lie (Pages 5-59; Kindle)

No Easy Game: His own story in his own words (Pages 77-100) - 166pp
Three Finger:  The Mordecai Brown Story (Pages 126-149) - 218pp - $8

04/18/2024 (148 pages)

Baseball's Natural:  The Story of Eddie Waitkus (Pages 29-42) - 136pp

Bases Loaded: The Inside Story of the Steroid Era in Baseball by the Central Figure in the Mitchell Report (Pages 169-184) - 246pp

Evidence of the Affair (Pages 28-88; Kindle)

Journey to Excellence:  The Story of My Life and Faith (Pages 5-42) - 168pp

Man In The Middle (Pages 26-38) - 290pp

Sox Bid Curse Farewell:  The 2004 Boston Red Sox (Pages 23-28 (527); Kindle)

The Once and Future Liberal:  After Identity Politics (Pages 127-134) - 143pp

04/17/2024 (101 pages)

Bases Loaded: The Inside Story of the Steroid Era in Baseball by the Central Figure in the Mitchell Report (Pages 147-168) - 246pp

Evidence of the Affair (Pages 6-27; Kindle)

Not Tonight, Josephine:  A Road Trip Through Small-Town America (Pages 337-370)

The Once and Future Liberal:  After Identity Politics (Pages 104-126) - 143pp

04/16/2024 (61 pages)

Bases Loaded: The Inside Story of the Steroid Era in Baseball by the Central Figure in the Mitchell Report (Pages 130-146) - 246pp

Not Tonight, Josephine:  A Road Trip Through Small-Town America (Pages 293-336; Kindle)

04/15/2024 (66 pages)

Bases Loaded: The Inside Story of the Steroid Era in Baseball by the Central Figure in the Mitchell Report (Pages 113-129) - 246pp

Hiroshima (Pages 1-9) - 153pp

I Was Hungry: Cultivating Common Ground to End an American Crisis (Pages 140-145)

Not Tonight, Josephine:  A Road Trip Through Small-Town America (Pages 244-292; Kindle)

04/14/2024 (129 pages)

Bases Loaded: The Inside Story of the Steroid Era in Baseball by the Central Figure in the Mitchell Report (Pages 96-112) - 246pp

Letters From Lefty:  The Houston Astros:  The Way They Were (Pages 52-57) - 126pp - $8

No Easy Game: His own story in his own words (Pages 57-76) - 166pp

Not Tonight, Josephine:  A Road Trip Through Small-Town America (Pages 197-243; Kindle)

Saturdays with Billy: My Friendship with Billy Graham (Pages 57-62) - 193pp (Billy's Lessons)

The Once and Future Liberal:  After Identity Politics (Pages 71-103) - 143pp

04/13/2024 (110 pages)

Bases Loaded: The Inside Story of the Steroid Era in Baseball by the Central Figure in the Mitchell Report (Pages 86-95) - 246pp

Invisible Men:  Life In Baseball's Negro Leagues (Pages 203-221)

Surprise the World!:  The Five Habits of Highly Missional People (Pages 41-115, 125)

The Once and Future Liberal:  After Identity Politics (Pages 66-70) - 143pp

04/12/2024 (114 pages)

Bases Loaded: The Inside Story of the Steroid Era in Baseball by the Central Figure in the Mitchell Report (Pages 71-85) - 246pp

Not Tonight, Josephine:  A Road Trip Through Small-Town America (Pages 147-196; Kindle)

Surprise the World!:  The Five Habits of Highly Missional People (Pages ix-xii,  1-40) - 104pp

The Once and Future Liberal:  After Identity Politics (Pages 61-65) - 143pp

04/11/2024 (140 pages)

Bases Loaded: The Inside Story of the Steroid Era in Baseball by the Central Figure in the Mitchell Report (Pages 52-70) - 246pp

I Was Hungry: Cultivating Common Ground to End an American Crisis (Pages 138-139) - 145pp

Invisible Men:  Life In Baseball's Negro Leagues (Pages 170-202) - 221pp
Letters From Lefty:  The Houston Astros:  The Way They Were (Pages 49-51) - 126pp - $8

Man In The Middle (Pages 14-25) - 290pp

Not Tonight, Josephine:  A Road Trip Through Small-Town America (Pages 101-146; Kindle)

Saturdays with Billy: My Friendship with Billy Graham (Pages 45-56) - 193pp (Billy's Compulsion)

The Once and Future Liberal:  After Identity Politics (Pages 48-60) - 143pp

04/10/2024 (100 pages)

Bases Loaded: The Inside Story of the Steroid Era in Baseball by the Central Figure in the Mitchell Report (Pages 37-51) - 246pp

Man In The Middle (Pages 1-13) - 290pp

Not Tonight, Josephine:  A Road Trip Through Small-Town America (Pages 52-100; Kindle)

Rookie: When Michael Jordan Came To The Minor Leagues (Pages 198-220)

04/09/2024 (122 pages)

Bases Loaded: The Inside Story of the Steroid Era in Baseball by the Central Figure in the Mitchell Report (Pages 13-36) - 246pp

I Was Hungry: Cultivating Common Ground to End an American Crisis (Pages 124-137) - 145pp

Not Tonight, Josephine:  A Road Trip Through Small-Town America (Pages 3-51; Kindle)

Rookie: When Michael Jordan Came To The Minor Leagues (Pages 182-197) - 220pp

The Once and Future Liberal:  After Identity Politics (Pages 29-47) - 143pp

04/08/2024 (171 pages)

Baseball and Black Gold: Tulsa's Love Affair with America's National Pastime (Pages 454-483; Kindle)
Bases Loaded: The Inside Story of the Steroid Era in Baseball by the Central Figure in the Mitchell Report (Pages vii-viii, 1-12) - 246pp

Fifty-Nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had (Pages 299-304; Kindle)

Living The Dream (Pages 151-180)

Rookie: When Michael Jordan Came To The Minor Leagues (Pages 104-181) - 220pp

Saturdays with Billy: My Friendship with Billy Graham (Pages 39-44) - 193pp (Billy's Crowds)

The Havana Run:  A Short Story (Pages 42-48; Kindle)

04/07/2024 (140 pages)

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

Living The Dream (Pages 91-150) - 180pp

Rookie: When Michael Jordan Came To The Minor Leagues (Pages 88-103) - 220pp

Saturdays with Billy: My Friendship with Billy Graham (Pages 32-38) - 193pp (Billy's Gate)

The Havana Run:  A Short Story (Pages 4-41; Kindle)

04/06/2024 (140 pages)

1842 (Pages 405-419; Kindle)

Fifty-Nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had (Pages 281-298; Kindle) *2 and 1

Living The Dream (Pages ix-xii, 3-90) - 180pp

The Once and Future Liberal:  After Identity Politics (Pages 14-28) - 143pp

04/05/2024 (137 pages)

1842 (Pages 349-404; Kindle)

First Dooowwwnnn . . . and Life to Go!: How an Enthusiastic Approach Changed Everything for the Most Colorful Referee in NFL History (Pages 149-163)

Jesus Or Nothing (Pages 11-42) - 129pp

Rookie: When Michael Jordan Came To The Minor Leagues (Pages 74-87) - 220pp

Saturdays with Billy: My Friendship with Billy Graham (Pages 25-31) - 193pp (Billy's Home)

The Once and Future Liberal:  After Identity Politics (Pages 1-13) - 143pp

04/04/2024 (58 pages)

First Dooowwwnnn . . . and Life to Go!: How an Enthusiastic Approach Changed Everything for the Most Colorful Referee in NFL History (Pages 135-148) - 163pp

I Was Hungry: Cultivating Common Ground to End an American Crisis (Pages 80-123) - 145pp

04/03/2024 (125 pages)

1842 (Pages 286-348; Kindle)

Everyday Missions: How Ordinary People Can Change the World (Pages 135-153)

First Dooowwwnnn . . . and Life to Go!: How an Enthusiastic Approach Changed Everything for the Most Colorful Referee in NFL History (Pages 116-134) - 163pp

If These Walls Could Talk:  Stories from the Boston Red Sox Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box (Pages 96-109) - 233pp

Rookie: When Michael Jordan Came To The Minor Leagues (Pages 64-73) - 220pp

04/02/2024 (123 pages)

1842 (Pages 230-285; Kindle)

All The Way:  My Life in Four Quarters (Pages 224-243)

First Dooowwwnnn . . . and Life to Go!: How an Enthusiastic Approach Changed Everything for the Most Colorful Referee in NFL History (Pages 85-115) - 163pp

Rookie: When Michael Jordan Came To The Minor Leagues (Pages 48-63) - 220pp

04/01/2024 (156 pages)

1842 (Pages 169-229; Kindle)

All The Way:  My Life in Four Quarters (Pages 206-223) - 243pp
Everyday Missions: How Ordinary People Can Change the World (Pages 118-134) - 153pp
First Dooowwwnnn . . . and Life to Go!: How an Enthusiastic Approach Changed Everything for the Most Colorful Referee in NFL History (Pages 25-84) - 163pp

Rookie: When Michael Jordan Came To The Minor Leagues (Pages 27-47) - 220pp

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

March 25 - April 24 - 22.173 miles running - 42.03 miles walking - 38.127 miles walking (Apple Health) - 0 miles cycling (using 9 miles = 30 minutes) - 80,164 meters rowing - 936 minutes elliptical - 208,552 steps

March 25 (Monday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 377 calories; 5,680 strides) - 90 second plank - 24:56 rowing for 5,010 meters (27 strokes/min.; 2:28/500m) - 0.7 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,668 steps

March 26 (Tuesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 379 calories; 5,704 strides) - 95 second plank - 20 sit-ups - 24:59 rowing for 5,007 meters (27 strokes/min.; 2:29/500m) - 1.4 miles walking (Apple Health) - 3,571 steps

March 27 (Wednesday) - 45 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 525 calories; 7,982 strides) - 100 second plank - 20 sit-ups - 24:46 rowing for 5,010 meters (28 strokes/min.; 2:27/500m) - 0.71 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,722 steps

March 28 (Thursday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 383 calories; 5,800 strides) - 24:49 rowing for 5,009 meters (28 strokes/min.; 2:27/500m) - 0.72 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,661 steps

March 29 (Friday) -  1.3 miles walking (Apple Health) - 3,254 steps

March 30 (Saturday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 381 calories; 5,748 strides) - 24:56 rowing for 5,010 meters (28 strokes/min.; 2:30/500m) - 120 second plank -  1.8 miles walking (Apple Health) - 4,291 steps

March 31 (Sunday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 379 calories; 5,724 strides) - 105 second plank - 24:47 rowing for 5,003 meters (28 strokes/min.; 2:26/500m) - 1 mile walking (Apple Health) - 2,605 steps

April 1 (Monday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 383 calories; 5,806 strides) - 135 second plank - 25 sit-ups - 24:31 rowing for 5,005 meters (27 strokes/min.; 2:19/500m) - 1.4 miles walking (Apple Health) - 3,399 steps

April 2 (Tuesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 380 calories; 5,722 strides) - 24:43 rowing for 5,011 meters (27 strokes/min.; 2:27/500m) - 0.97 miles walking (Apple Health) - 2,369 steps

April 3 (Wednesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 381 calories; 5,784 strides) - 24:35 rowing for 5,008 meters (27 strokes/min.; 2:27/500m) - 3.033 miles running at Knox Junior High track (30:01.62 / 9:54) - 0.867 miles walking (Apple Health) - 6,944 steps

April 4 (Thursday) - 2.1 miles walking (Apple Health) - 5,224 steps

April 5 (Friday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 384 calories; 5,826 strides) - 4.5 miles walking on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (1:07:12/14:56) - 1.3 miles walking (Apple Health) - 11,557 steps

April 6 (Saturday) - 3.1 miles running at Bellaire Trolley Run 5K (29:42.36) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 379 calories; 5,708 strides) - 2.6 miles walking (Apple Health) - 10,781 steps

April 7 (Sunday) - 4.5 miles walking on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (1:06:23/14:45) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 383 calories; 5,780 strides) - 1 mile walking (Apple Health) - 10,891 steps

April 8 (Monday) - 4.5 miles walking on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (1:07:11/14:56) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 384 calories; 5,834 strides) - 1.1 miles walking (Apple Health) - 11,405 steps

April 9 (Tuesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 383 calories; 5,790 strides) - 24:17 rowing for 5,012 meters (28 strokes/min.; 2:22/500m) - 0.47 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,179 steps

April 10 (Wednesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 385 calories; 5,836 strides) - 1.5 miles walking (Apple Health) - 3,598 steps

April 11 (Thursday) - 4.46 miles walking on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (1:05:59 / 14:48) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 383 calories; 5,804 strides) - 1.24 miles walking (Apple Health) - 11,671 steps

April 12 (Friday) - 4.5 miles walking on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (1:06:47/14:50) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 386 calories; 5,868 strides) - 24:41 rowing for 5,012 meters (28 strokes/min.; 2:27/500m) - 0.8 miles walking (Apple Health) -10,614 steps

April 13 (Saturday) - 3.1 miles running at Spindle Tree parkrun 5K #118 (30:11.94) - 1.9 miles walking (Apple Health) - 9,575 steps

April 14 (Sunday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 383 calories; 5,808 strides) - 24:35 rowing for 5,018 meters (28 strokes/min.; 2:27/500m) - 4 miles running around Memorial Park with Waverly (45:32.55 / 11:23) - 2 miles walking (Apple Health) - 10,558 steps

April 15 (Monday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 379 calories; 5,714 strides) - 0.96 miles walking (Apple Health) - 2,155 steps

April 16 (Tuesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 385 calories; 5,846 strides) - 24:44 rowing for 5,011 meters (28 strokes/min.; 2:26/500m) - 3.1 miles running The Woodlands Waterway Freedom parkrun 5K (The Woodlands, TX) - 16:28.97 - 16:21.18 = 32:50.15 (with Waverly) - 1.4 miles walking (Apple Health) - 8,486 steps

April 17 (Wednesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 383 calories; 5,792 strides) - 3 miles running on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (31:05.10 / 10:22) - 1.6 miles walking (Apple Health) - 8,773 steps

April 18 (Thursday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 380 calories; 5,746 strides) - 3 miles walking on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (45:21.20 / 15:07) - 1 mile walking (Apple Health) - 8,092 steps

April 19 (Friday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 377 calories; 5,696 strides) - 24:52 rowing for 5,010 meters (27 strokes/min.; 2:28/500m) - 1.2 miles walking (Apple Health) - 2,811 steps

April 20 (Saturday) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway - 1:01:56.77 (15:30) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 384 calories; 5,818 strides) - 0.7 miles walking (Apple Health) - 9,742 steps

April 21 (Sunday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 384 calories; 5,818 strides) - 4.19 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (1:02:41.55 / 14:58) - 2.84 miles running The5K (Houston, TX) in 28:07.06 with Waverly - 2.07 miles walking (Apple Health) - 17,639 steps

April 22 (Monday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 376 calories; 5,650 strides) - 0.9 miles walking (Apple Health) - 2,181 steps

April 23 (Tuesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 384 calories; 5,802 strides) - 4.19 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (1:03:03.19 / 15:03) - 24:51 rowing for 5,010 meters (27 strokes/min.; 2:30/500m) - 0.71 miles walking (Apple Health) - 10,054 steps

April 24 (Wednesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 381 calories; 5,742 strides) - 4.19 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (1:02:56.08 / 15:01) - 24:57 rowing for 5,018 meters (28 strokes/min.; 2:27/500m) - 0.71 miles walking (Apple Health) - 10,082 steps