Bucketfoot Al: The Baseball Life of Al Simmons

Book Description

Al Simmons, at top form in the Roaring Twenties, sparked one of baseball’s greatest dynasties, the Philadelphia Athletics, to multiple championships, before becoming just another ballplayer. While his achievements demonstrated greatness, he was not an easy man to like–for those competing against him or with him–and he seemed to play to the level of team expectation. Contemporary accounts and other recollections give us a sense of Al Simmons the person and the ballplayer, his connections to people, his teams and his ability to capture the fans’ imagination in his halcyon days.

中文：

书名：巴克特福特·阿尔：阿尔·西蒙斯的棒球生活

阿尔·西蒙斯在咆哮的二十年代处于巅峰状态，在成为普通的棒球运动员之前，他激发了棒球最伟大的王朝之一-费城田径队-获得多个冠军。虽然他的成就证明了他的伟大，但对于那些与他竞争的人来说，他并不是一个容易喜欢的人，而且他似乎打得符合球队的期望。当代的记述和其他回忆让我们对阿尔·西蒙斯这个人和这位棒球手有了一种感觉，他与人的关系，他的球队，以及他在宁静的日子里吸引球迷的能力。