My name is Jim Hendrickson and I have list of things I am trying to collect and it must be complete,my friends have called me a completeist(my spelling)for many years and this is my blog. I cover just about everything, so you never know what will show up here. I have very eclectic taste ranging from pop music to history to horse racing and many more things that catch my interest. Come along and see whats out there.
American Pharoah wins the first Grand Slam of American Thoroughbred racing. He won the 2015 Breeder's Cup Classic in dominating fashion by 6 1/2 lengths. Effinex was 2nd and Honor Code was 3rd. He adds this win to his wins at the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes to complete the Grand Slam in his final race before retiring.
10 - The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins (39 weeks on list) 9 - After You - Jojo Moyes (2 weeks on list) 8 - Shadows of Self - Brandon Sanderson (Debut) In a follow-up to "The Alloy of Law", the Mistborn world is shaken by terrorism and assassination. 7 - Make Me - Lee Child (5 weeks on list) 6 - Go Set A Watchman - Harper Lee (13 weeks on list) 5 - The Girl in the Spider's Web - David Lagercrantz (6 weeks on list) 4 - All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr (75 weeks on list) 3 - The Murder House - James Patterson (2 weeks on list) (#1 last week) 2 - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - George R.R. Martin (Debut) A collection of three official prequels to "A Song of Ice and Fire".
1 - The Survivor - Vince Flynn and Kyle Mills (Debut) The counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp must control the damage from a leak of C.I.A. documents. Mills finished the book for Flynn, who died in 2013.
Joe Carter wins the World Series for the Toronto Blue Jays with a home run off of Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Mitch Williams. Carter became only the 2nd player to end a World Series with a home run.
10 - X - Sue Grafton (6 weeks on list) 9 - The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins (38 weeks on list) 8 - All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr (74 weeks on list) 7 - Go Set A Watchman - Harper Lee (12 weeks on list) 6 - Come Rain or Come Shine - Jan Karon (2 weeks on list) (#1 last week) 5 - The Cinder Spires : The Aeronaut's Windlass - Jim Butcher (Debut) In the first book of a steampunk fantasy series by the author of the Dresden Files novels, people live in spires that stretch into the sky and make use of airships. 4 - Make Me - Lee Child (4 weeks on list) 3 - After You - Jojo Moyes (Debut) In a sequel to "Me Before You", Louisa Clark tries to put her life back together after the death of Will Traynor, and joins a grief support group that may lead her to new love. 2 - The Girl In The Spider's Web - David Lagercrantz (5 weeks on list)
10 - 1944 - Jay Winik (2 weeks on list) A pivotal year that saw D-Day, the liberation of Paris, Franklin Roosevelt's re-election and the Battle of the Bulge. 9 - I'll Never Write My Memoirs - Grace Jones and Paul Morley (Debut) The life of the singer, model and actress, once a Studio 54 disco queen. 8 - Saving Capitalism - Robert B. Reich (Debut) The former secretary of labor in the Clinton administration, now a professor of public policy, considers how to reverse income inequality. 7 - In This Together - Ann Romney (Debut) A memoir by the wife of the 2012 Republican presidential candidate discusses her faith, family and experience with MS. 6 - The Wright Brothers - David McCullough (22 weeks on list) 5 - Being Mortal - Atul Gawande (52 weeks on list) 4 - Between The World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates (12 weeks on list) 3 - Furiously Happy - Jenny Lawson (2 weeks on list) A humorous treatment of the author's life with depression and anxiety disorder. 2 - Why Not Me? - Mindy Kaling (3 weeks on list) 1 - Killing Reagan - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard (2 weeks on list) (last week's #1) O'Reilly recounts the events surrounding the attempted assassination of President Reagan in 1981.
10 - Devoted in Death - J.D. Robb (2 weeks on list) 9 - Purity - Jonathan Franzen (4 weeks on list) 8 - Fates and Furies - Lauren Groff (2 weeks on list) 7 - X - Sue Grafton (5 weeks on list) 6 - The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins (37 weeks on list) 5 - All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr (73 weeks on list) 4 - Go Set A Watchman - Harper Lee (11 weeks on list) 3 - The Girl In The Spider's Web - David Lagercrantz (4 weeks on list) 2 - Make Me - Lee Child (3 weeks on list) (last week at #1)
Boston was making their first appearance in the series since 1914 when they beat the Philadelphia A's to complete the year of the Miracle Braves. The Indians were making their first appearance since 1920, when they defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Game 1 would see the aces of both teams take the pitchers mound, Johnny Sain for Boston and Bob Feller for Cleveland. Feller would lose both appearances in this series but the Indians took the world championship in 6 games.
Here is the coast to coast radio broadcast of Game 1 of the 1948 World Series.
Legendary announcer Mel Allen would host, what today we call the pregame show.
Melinda Miles and Tom Porter plan on getting married. However, Melinda's father, Harry, strongly objects to the union as does the hired hand Roy Tayloe. Tom loses all his money to Tayloe in a poker game and when Tayloe is found murdered and robbed, Matt suspects Potter of the crime
10 - Modern Romance - Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg (14 weeks on list) 9 - Accidental Saints - Nadia Bolz-Weber (2 weeks on list) A comic turned pastor documents encounters with grace and finding divinity in unlikely places. 8 - Plunder and Deceit - Mark R. Levin (7 weeks on list) (6 weeks at #1) 7 - The Wright Brothers - David McCullough (20 weeks on list) 6 - Being Mortal - Atul Gawande (50 weeks on list) 5 - Killing The Messenger - David Brock (Debut) A former right-wing operative describes his transformation and passionately defends Hillary Clinton. 4 - Fast Girl - Suzy Favor Hamilton (Debut) Bipolar disorder drove a former Olympic runner to become a high-prices Las Vegas escort until she received treatment. 3 - The Art of the Memoir - Mary Karr (Debut) The author of "The Liars Club", "Cherry" and "Lit" offers instruction in memoir-writing and discusses her favorite writers' work. 2 - Between The World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates (10 weeks on list) (last week's #1)
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