I read this on a ticker during the Cards-Royals game tonight. It is very sad. I can still see him going after Pedro Martinez a few years ago. What a great baseball mind and guy. He will be missed for sure.
Loved it when Jeter fouled that ball into the dugout and the next day he showed up wearing that old green army helmet w/ a Yankee NY logo. If there was ever a "baseball guy" it was Zimmer. 50+ years playing, coaching, and managing. Baseball lost one of the good ones.
You nailed it, poppaslaw! Was just getting ready to look up and post something similar. He was another mold breaker. Forgot to add this: aside from his first-hand baseball knowledge and experience, part of his greatness was that he owned up to and manned up to his mistakes.
(This post was last modified: 06-05-2014 12:12 PM by QuitoTiger.)
Must stop posting during periods of total exhaustion. Surprised i even got my own screen name right.
No, you were right, it's Zimmer
No i had it wrong at first until my error was exposed then i edited it to make the correction. I then acknowledge my error because i do not hide my errors.
You nailed it, poppaslaw! Was just getting ready to look up and post something similar. He was another mold breaker. Forgot to add this: aside from his first-hand baseball knowledge and experience, part of his greatness was that he owned up to and manned up to his mistakes.
I grew up watching him work his magic with the Cubs on WGN in the afternoons after school. First as a 3B coach and then later as manager. I had that tshirt and the Wild Bunch tee.
Nothing like listening to Harry Caray and all the nicknames he gave to all the players and coaches.
Bull, Hawk, Deer, Rhino, Red Barron, Penguin, Popeye, Sarge, and on and on and on.
I watched the Rays pregame tribute to Zim. It said he had played with, coached, or managed 1200+ ball players (7% of players in the history of the game) and 28 of 200 something HOF'ers (13%).
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God Speed Don Zimmer
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