Copying It Down: An Anecdotal Memoir

by H.A. Dorfman

Overview

In Copying It Down, Harvey Dorfman recounts his experiences in the world of sports. From his childhood sickbed, Dorfman went on to achieve a myriad of successes, including goalie on a national co-champion soccer team and coach of a high school basketball team that won a state championship, and is a possessor of four World Series Rings (three with Oakland; and one with Florida). He eventually attained a status of world renown in the field of sport psychology.

Here, in the second of three volumes, Dorfman shares anecdotes that include the fourteen years spent in the dugouts of three major league teams. The book concludes in 1998, when his professional associations with major league baseball organizations ended.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761847557
Publisher:	Hamilton Books
Publication date:	12/07/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	190
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Harvey Dorfman has worked in education and psychology as a teacher, counselor, coach, and consultant. Dorfman was also a freelance journalist whose work appeared in The New York Times, Boston Globe, Miami Herald, and Los Angeles Times, among others. In 1999, Dorfman became a full-time consultant in sport psychology for the Scott Boras Corporation, an agency that represents professional baseball players.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 1. Through the Door Slowly
Chapter 3 2. ...It's Who You Know
Chapter 4 3. Cast of Characters
Chapter 5 4. Football
Chapter 6 5. Basketball & Baseball
Chapter 7 6. Mountain Greenery: The Quest
Chapter 8 7. The Road Most Traveled
Chapter 9 8. Geography as Destiny
Chapter 10 9. A.D. — A Different Sort
Chapter 11 10. Remediation: Classroom & Court
Chapter 12 11. Basketball Again
Chapter 13 12. From Warsaw to Barre
Chapter 14 13. Another Door
Chapter 15 14. Act I: Disorientation
Chapter 16 15. Putting it into Play
Chapter 17 16. The Beer is in the Kitchen
Chapter 18 17. Staff Development
Chapter 19 18. Welcome to Huntsville
Chapter 20 19. The Rest of the Season
Chapter 21 20. Some Light Ahead
Chapter 22 21. Anthony Adverse
Chapter 23 22. Mission Accomplished
Chapter 24 23. All Manner of Instruction
Chapter 25 24. Scouts
Chapter 26 25. The First 'Wild Card'
Chapter 27 26. The Right Way
Chapter 28 27. Australia
Chapter 29 28. Parents
Chapter 30 29. The Puck Stops Here
Chapter 31 30. A Fish Story
Chapter 32 31. Back up the Bus
Chapter 33 32. The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round
Chapter 34 33. The Long and Winding Road
Chapter 35 34. Marlins Win!
Chapter 36 35. A Manta What?

What People are Saying About This

Fredi Gonzalez

There isn't a day that goes by that I don't use some word of Harvey-wisdom, whether it's on the baseball field or in my personal life.

Bob Dever

Harvey was, and still is, a remarkable person. His first teaching assignment was at our school. He captivated his students. Today, our once new pedagogue is a famous counselor, author, and baseball authority. Sports and schools need more Harvey Dorfmans. His impact endures.

Editorial Reviews

Harvey was, and still is, a remarkable person. His first teaching assignment was at our school. He captivated his students. Today, our once new pedagogue is a famous counselor, author, and baseball authority. Sports and schools need more Harvey Dorfmans. His impact endures.

Bob Dever

There isn't a day that goes by that I don't use some word of Harvey-wisdom, whether it's on the baseball field or in my personal life.

Fredi Gonzalez

His clients…athletes you watch and cheer for every day —- Halladay, Maddux, Ibanez, to name just a few —- say that Dorfman made them who they are today. They say that this man saved them.

Men's Journal

The game's top players, managers, and executives all want Harvey Dorfman in their dugouts.

GQ

His clients…athletes you watch and cheer for every day —- Halladay, Maddux, Ibanez, to name just a few —- say that Dorfman made them who they are today. They say that this man saved them.

Men's Journal