It's 11pm and I've unpacked a number of boxes at the new headquarters of USA Team Handball. We're at the southern fringe of downtown Salt Lake City, near a retail strip with a Best Buy, Starbuck's, Home Depot and one grungy bar that a friend tells me has good hamburgers. It's home though - sort of like the first car I had (a Ford Escort) or my first apartment (in Cathedral City, CA - gunshots were rare but not unheard of). It's good to be home. There's so much work to be done now.
I grabbed a few books that always make my office feel like home... here's the list, in left to right order on my shelf. Let me know what you think:
Koppett's Concise History of Baseball, by Leonard Koppett (signed)
More Than Goals, by Claudio Reyna (signed)
It's Not About the Bike, by Lance Armstrong
First Marathons, by Gail Kislevitz
Becoming an Ironman, by Kara Thom
The Only Way I Know, by Cal Ripken, Jr. (signed)
The Man in the Dugout, by Leonard Koppett
The Game of Their Lives, by Geoffrey Douglas
The Clown Prince of Baseball, by Max Patkin (signed)
The Miracle of Castel di Sangre, by Joe McGinniss
The Name of the Game, by Jerry Gorman
The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell
1998 Chicago Fire Media Guide
The Boston Marathon, by Joe Falls
The Hustler's Handbook, by Bill Veeck
Take Time for Paradise, by A. Bartlett GIamatti
Kicks, by Kenny Stern (not signed - what's up with that?)
Pre - America's Greatest Running Legend, by Tom Gordon
I think these books reveal a lot about me, my inspirations and the manners in which sports has intertwined my business life. I'm very fortunate to have jobs I have always loved. So, anyone got a good book about Handball?
Nice to have you in the area, don't miss out on Pat's BBQ just across the street from your behind the lawnmower place.
And if you get bored it is just a two block walk over to the OC Tanner Outlet store.
Posted by: f4denz | August 21, 2008 at 07:53 AM