The Harness Racing Triple Crown

The Triple Crown for Trotters Harness racing kicked off at the beginning of August with the Yonkers Trot held at Yonkers Raceway in, well Yonkers, New York.  This is followed by the Hambletonian on the first Saturday in August.  This is held at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, NJ.   The final leg of the triple crown is The Kentucky Futurity at The Red Mile in Lexington, Ky on October 6th.

Here are the first 2 races in this year's Triple Crown (no winner of the Triple Crown this year)

The 59th Yonkers Trot 

(Winner - Dewycolorintheline)

The 87th Hambletonian

(Winner - Royalty For Life)

NY Times Bestseller List - Hardcover NonFiction

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardcover Non Fiction

Week Ending September 1st 2013

10 - These Few Precious Days - Christopher Andersen
(2 weeks on list)
The marriage of Jack and Jackie Kennedy, with emphasis on its final year.

9  -  Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls - David Sedaris
(17 weeks on list)

8  -  Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
(142 weeks on list)

7  -  Lawrence In Arabia - Scott Anderson
(2 weeks on list)
A history of the Arab revolt against the Turks in World War I focuses on T.E. Lawrence and other
international adventurers.

6  -  This Town - Mark Leibovich
(5 weeks on list)

5  -  Happy, Happy, Happy - Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach
(15 weeks on list)

4  -  Infiltrated - Jay W. Richards
(2nd week on list)
An argument that financial reformers have infiltrated American institutions and are waging war against free enterprise.

3  -  Lean In - Sheryl Sandberg and Nell Scovell
(23 weeks on list)

2  -  Zealot - Reza Aslan
(5 weeks on list)  (last week at #1)

1  -  Liberty Amendments - Mark Levin
(DEBUT)
The talk radio host and president of the Landmark Legal Foundation offers 11 proposals for returning to America's founding principles.

Gunsmoke on Radio and Television

Here we go with another double feature of Gunsmoke.

First up the radio broadcast of 

"How To Die For Nothing"

Season 2 Episode 6 (10/10/1953)

This episode was then used on TV 
Season 2
episode 31 
(06/23/1956)

New York Times Bestseller List - Fiction (08/25/2013)

NY Times Bestseller List

Top Ten Hardback Fiction

Week Ending August 25th 2013

10 - The Companions - R.A. Salvatore
(Debut)
Book 1 of a new fantasy series, The Sundering.

9  -  The Ocean At The End Of The Lane - Neil Gaiman
(8th week on the list)

8  -  The Last Witness - W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV
(Debut)
The Philadelphia homicide detective Matt Payne searches for a crucial witness who has gone into hiding;
A Badge of Honor novel.

7  -  The English Girl - Daniel Silva
(4th week on list)

6  -  Hotshot - Julie Garwood
(Debut)
Surrounded by enemies who want her to fail in the resort business, Peyton Lockhart calls on Finn MacBain, a childhood friend who once save her life and is now and FBI agent.

5  -  Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
(62nd week on list)

4  -  And The Mountains Echoed - Khaled Hosseini
(12th week on list)

3  -  Inferno - Dan Brown
(13th week on list)

2  -  Mistress - James Patterson and David Ellis
(Debut)
When he begins to investigate a friend's mysterious death, a man discovers that she was leading a double life.

1  -  The Cuckoo's Calling - Robert Galbraith 
(3rd consecutive week at #1) (4th week on list)
A detective probes a supermodel's suicide;  by J.K. Rowling writing pseudonymously.

1965 World Series - Game 7

Game 7 of the 1965 World Series featuring the Los Angeles Dodgers facing the Minnesota Twins.  This game is in Minneapolis at the old Metropolitan Stadium.  NBC would carry all 7 games with the announce team of Twins announcer Ray Scott and and Dodgers legendary announcer (who just signed up to be in the booth for the Dodgers for a 65th season in 2014) Vin Scully.

This final game of the 1965 series would be the only game that the visiting team would win and it was the 3rd time the Twins were shut out in the 7 games.
This was the last time the Twins would be in the World Series before 1987 and this was only the second World Series in which both teams were west of the Mississippi river, the previous was 1944 when the St.Louis Browns faced off against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Happy 65th Birthday Robert Plant

Happy Birthday to Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant. 
 He turns 65 today, August 20th.

A special interview broadcast on "The Midnight Special" during the the 

Led Zeppelin 1975 North American  Tour.

Robert Plant's highest charting single with Led Zeppelin

"Whole Lotta Love" 
#4 in 1969

Robert Plant's highest charting single as a solo act:

"Sea of Love" 

(as The Honeydrippers)  

#3 in 1984

10 Crazy Facts About Japan

Today in Baseball History August 15th

Billboard Top 20 Digital Songs (08/17/2013)

Billboard Digital Songs

Top 20

Week Ending August 17th 2013

New York Times Bestseller - NonFiction 08/11/2013

NY Times Bestseller List

NonFiction

Week Ending August 11th 2013

10 - The Duck Commander Family - Willie and Korie Robertson
(17 weeks on list)

9  -  Shirley Jones - Shirley Jones
(Debut)
A candid autobiography by the singer and actress who starred in the 1950s film versions of "Oklahoma" and
"Carousel" and in "The Partridge Family" in the 1970s.

8  -  Dad is Fat - Jim Gaffigan
(12 weeks on list)

7  -  Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls - David Sedaris
(14 weeks on list)

6  -  Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
(139 weeks on list)

5  -  Breakpoint - Jeff Stibel
(Debut)
A neuroscientist and entrepreneur shows how the brain can act as a guide to understanding the future of the 
internet and the constellation of business and technologies that run on it.

4 -  Happy, Happy, Happy - Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach
(12 weeks on list)

3  -  This Town - Mark Leibovich
(2 weeks on list)

2  -  Lean In - Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell
(20 weeks on list) (last weeks #1)

1  -  Zealot - Reza Aslan 
(2nd week on list) (first week at #1)
A "biography" of Jesus Christ presents him in the context of his times as the leader of a revolutionary movement.

New York Times Bestseller - Fiction 08/11/2013

NY Times Bestseller List

Fiction

Week Ending August 11th 2013

10 - The White Princess - Philippa Gregory
(Debut)
Elizabeth of York's marriage to Henry Tudor unites the warring houses, but divides the princess' loyalties.

9  -  Hidden Order - Brad Thor
(3 weeks on list)

8  -  First Sight - Danielle Steel
(2 weeks on list)

7  -  The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman
(6 weeks on list)

6  -  Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
(60 weeks on list)

5  -  Light of the World - James Lee Burke
(Debut)
A savage killer follows the detective Dave Robicheaux and his family to a Montana ranch.

4  -  And the Mountains Echoed - Khaled Hosseini
(10 weeks on list)

3  -  The English Girl - Daniel Silva
(2 weeks on list) (Last week's #1)

2  -  Inferno - Dan Brown
(11 weeks on list)

1  -  The Cuckoo's Calling - Robert Galbraith
(2 weeks on list) (1st week at #1)
The struggling detective Cormoran Strike investigates a supermodel's suicide.  J.K. Rowling writing pseudonymously.

Aug 9 - This Day In Baseball

something new, This Day In Baseball, for August 6th...it says Aug 9 but its for the 6th

Ripley's Believe It or Not

Here is your Ripley's Believe It or Not for Sunday August 4th

Gunsmoke on the Radio

From the Golden Age of Radio another classic episode of the original Gunsmoke.

Starring William Conrad as Marshall Matt Dillon

with Parley Baer as Chester Proudfoot, Howard McNear as Doc and Georgia Ellis as Miss Kitty

Season 1

Episode 65

Boy

written by Norman McDonnell

Originally aired August 1st 1953

thanks Buck Benny and his great OTR pocast

1982 World Series (Game 7)

1982 World Series

Game 7

October 20th 1982

Busch Stadium

St. Louis,  MO

Milwaukee Brewers

vs

St. Louis Cardinals

Series tied at 3 games each

NY Times Bestseller List - Fiction 08/04/2013

New York Times Bestseller List

Fiction

Week Ending August 4th 2013

10 - Bombshell - Catherine Coulter
(2 weeks on list)
The F.B.I. special agent Griffin Hammersmith accepts Dillon Savich's invitation to join him and Lacey Sherlock.

9  -  Second Honeymoon - James Patterson and Howard Roughan
(4 weeks on list)

8  -  Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
(59 weeks on list)

7  -  The Ocean At The End of The Lane - Neil Gaiman
(5 weeks on list)

6  -  Hidden Order - Brad Thor
(2 weeks on list)
The counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath uncovers a plot with roots in the 18th century.

5  -  And the Mountains Echoed - Khaled Hosseini
(9 weeks on list)

4  -  First Sight - Danielle Steel
(Debut)
A talented American designer whose troubled past has soured her on relationships falls in love with a French doctor.

3 -  The Cuckoo's Calling - Robert Galbraith
(Debut)
The struggling detective Cormoran Strike investigates a supermodel's suicide; J.K. Rowling,writing pseudonymously.

2  -  Inferno - Dan Brown
(10 weeks on list) (last week's #1)

1  -  The English Girl - Daniel Silva
(DEBUT)
Gabriel Allon, an art restorer and occasional spy for the Israeli secret service steps in to help the British prime minister, whose lover has been kidnapped.