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.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
21 photos, tables, appendix, notes, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 15 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-7864-6143-1 (9780786461431)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Clifton Blue Parker is a magazine editor at the University of California, Davis, and a former newspaper journalist and Congressional press secretary. A member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), he lives in Davis, California.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Swaggering Shooting Star
1. Sultan of the Milwaukee Sandlots
2. Bucketfoot Swings and a New Name
3. Milwaukee's Best
4. Athletic Ambitions
5. Sophomore Breakout
6. "Best Centerfielder"
7. Ty Cobb and Long Flannel Sleeves
8. Nurturing the Nucleus
9. Building a Dynasty
10. Hard Times and World Champions Again
11. "No Reason to Be Friendly"
12. Woe to White Elephants
13. New Socks for the Sox
14. Changes in Chicago
15. Tail of the Tiger
16. Mr. Simmons Leaves Washington
17. Chasing Three Thousand
18. Twilight Times
19. Coaching the A's and Indians
20. Cooperstown Comes Calling
21. Analyzing Al Simmons
Appendix: Al Simmons Statistics
Notes
Bibliography
Index
