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  Don Zimmer | Baseball Manager Speaker
Don Zimmer was leading the American Association with 23 HR and 63 RBI on July 7, 1953 when he was hit in the head by a Jim Kirk pitch.
Don Zimmer was doing well in 1956 when a pitch from the Reds' Hal Jeffcoat fractured his cheekbone and ended his season.
Don Zimmer managed in the minors and coached for the Expos and Padres before spending 1972 and 1973 as San Diego's manager.
www.brooksinternational.com /Don_Zimmer_878.htm   (346 words)

  
  Don Zimmer at AllExperts
Zimmer's rise to the major leagues was amazing considering he nearly died after being hit with a pitch while with St. Paul in 1953.
In the major leagues, Zimmer remained with the Los Angeles Dodgers after their move west in 1958, then playing for the Chicago Cubs, the first New York Mets team in 1962, and the Cincinnati Reds; he returned briefly to the Dodgers in 1963, before finishing his career with the Washington Senators.
Zimmer then managed the Texas Rangers, coached three stints with the Yankees, and coached and managed the Cubs – leading them to the NL Eastern Division title in 1989 – before returning to Boston.
en.allexperts.com /e/d/do/don_zimmer.htm   (599 words)

  
  Don Zimmer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zimmer's rise to the major leagues was amazing considering he nearly died after being hit with a pitch while with St. Paul in 1953.
In the major leagues, Zimmer remained with the Los Angeles Dodgers after their move west in 1958, then playing for the Chicago Cubs, the first New York Mets team in 1962, and the Cincinnati Reds; he returned briefly to the Dodgers in 1963, before finishing his career with the Washington Senators.
Zimmer was on the first coaching staff of the expansion Colorado Rockies in 1993.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Don_Zimmer   (550 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Don Zimmer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Zimmer, who has been in professional baseball for 54 years, was the Red Sox manager in 1978 when they lost to the Yankees in a one-game playoff for the AL East title, the game that featured Bucky Dent's famous home run.
Don Zimmer is a true gem, his wisdom, knowledge, and humor are all found in this wonderful book.
Don Zimmer is the last of the best generation of ball players, the ones who played because they loved the game and focused on it all the time.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Don-Zimmer   (2801 words)

  
 Don Zimmer | BaseballLibrary.com
Zimmer was leading the American Association with 23 HR and 63 RBI on July 7, 1953 when he was hit in the head by a Jim Kirk pitch.
Zimmer managed in the minors and coached for the Expos and Padres before spending 1972 and 1973 as San Diego's manager.
This is the second time that Zimmer suffers an injury that nearly ends his career, and he is out for the season.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/Z/Zimmer_Don.stm   (1318 words)

  
 Don Zimmer, MLB World Series, Baseball, ASAP Sports FastScripts, Interviews, Quotes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
DON ZIMMER: Well, No. 1, I was playing with the Cubs, and there was the expansion draft, and there was seven men had to be put on before the World Series for $75,000 in the draft.
DON ZIMMER: Well, this is my fifth year here with him, and he's been the manager of the year, the mayor of the world.
DON ZIMMER: Well, first of all, in Brooklyn, I wanted to sign out of high school with the Cincinnati Reds, and -- but as it turned out, I signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers, went to the Minor Leagues a few years, then finally made it to Brooklyn.
www.asapsports.com /baseball/2000wseries/102000DZ.html   (2252 words)

  
 Don Zimmer Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
Don Zimmer was born on Saturday, January 17, 1931, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Zimmer was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 2, 1954, with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Don Zimmer baseball stats page.
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=zimmedo01   (236 words)

  
 Filmtracks: Gladiator (Hans Zimmer/Lisa Gerrard)
Zimmer and Scott produced this album, and they thankfully chose the very best quotes to include on the album, even getting a little bit of Oliver Reed into the mix (which, of course, is noteable because he died in the post-production of the film).
Criticisms are levelled at Zimmer for the extreme harshness and rough-edge quality of the synthesized component of his music.
Given that Zimmer's greatest achievements are not so much in the melody area but in the orchestral and textural presentation of them, this bodes well for Zimmer's future projects.
www.filmtracks.com /titles/gladiator.html   (2754 words)

  
 Rays: Zimmer to go to work for Rays
Zimmer, the longtime Treasure Island resident, is expected to be hired today by the Devil Rays in something of an on- and off-field advisory capacity.
Zimmer, who turns 73 this month, is a baseball institution, playing 12 seasons in the majors and spending the past 32 as a big-league manager or coach.
Zimmer gained unwanted notoriety during the playoffs for his comical altercation with Boston pitcher Pedro Martinez during a brawl, then left the Yankees after the season, claiming he was treated unkindly by owner George Steinbrenner.
www.sptimes.com /2004/01/09/Rays/Zimmer_to_go_to_work_.shtml   (317 words)

  
 Don Zimmer stays in AL East - ROYAL ROOTERS
Zimmer, who turns 73 on Jan. 17, will be in uniform as a coach during spring training and for pregame practices at all regular-season home games.
Zimmer is a longtime resident of Treasure Island.
Zimmer tearfully apologized the next day for his actions and was fined $5,000 by major league baseball.
www.redsoxnation.net /forums/index.php?showtopic=954   (442 words)

  
 Boston.com / Sports / Baseball / Red Sox / Embarrassment really hits Zimmer
The benches cleared again, and as Martinez stood off to the side of his own dugout, Zimmer, who was beaned twice in his career, once so seriously that he lay in a coma for 13 days, made a beeline for the pitcher, with his arm raised.
Zimmer was about to take his place in Red Sox lore as the newest and, perhaps, the most bizarre chapter in the wacky history of this franchise.
Zimmer, who appeared shaken up, remained in the dugout for the rest of the game, but was later transported to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for observation.
www.boston.com /sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2003/10/13/embarrassment_really_hits_zimmer   (901 words)

  
 Zim: A Baseball Life - Don Zimmer, Bill Madden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
For more than half a century, Don Zimmer, baseball's beloved gerbil, has been the Zelig of the national pastime, the character in the corner of so many interesting pictures.
Don Zimmer is now the bench coach for the new York Yankees.
People consider Don Zimmer a Baseball mastermind, but he disagrees he quoted in his book that if he was a baseball mastermind he wouldn't have hit a 257 batting average.
www.cdswap.ws /Content/findonamazonus-Asin-0071390030.html   (679 words)

  
 Max Linn for Governor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Don Zimmer is a former infielder, manager and coach in Major League Baseball.
Zimmer's rise to major league baseball was amazing considering he nearly died after being hit with a pitch while with St. Paul in 1953.
Zimmer was a solid infielder, willing to fill in at third base, shortstop, and second base.
maxlinn.com /donzimmer.html   (526 words)

  
 DON ZIMMER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Don Zimmer's life mission is to help people discern and live out their calling.
Don is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati with a BA in Economics and holds a Masters in Public Administration and Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma, with additional post-graduate work in international economics at the University of Hawaii.
Don also serves as the Chair of the Board of Worshipful Work, a non-profit dedicated to restoration of spirituality to church administration and governance.
www.growingwithgrace.org /don_zimmer.htm   (383 words)

  
 TiVo Community Forums Archives - Need to laugh? Find a clip of 72 year old Don Zimmer attacking Pedro Martinez   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Zimmer had every right to be upset about it, but it is not his right to charge across the field and attack any player in front of their bench.
On July 7, 1953 Don Zimmer was hit by a pitch in the head, which left him in a coma for 2 weeks and could not speak for 6 weeks.
Zimmer isn't to be excused for rushing at him, although if you'd have been through what he's been through with bean balls, you may think differently.
archive.tivocommunity.com /tivo-vb/history/topic/137210-1.html   (8891 words)

  
 WFTV.com - Sports - Devil Rays Name Don Zimmer Advisor
Zimmer, who will turn 73 on January 17, will be in uniform as a coach during Tampa Bay's spring training as well as for pre-game practices at all regular season home games.
During an altercation that arose between the two teams, Zimmer got into a confrontation with Boston pitcher Pedro Martinez and was eventually tossed to the ground.
Zimmer spent 13 years as a major league manager and had a career record of 885-858 during stints with San Diego, Boston, Texas and the Chicago Cubs.
www.wftv.com /sports/2753522/detail.html   (354 words)

  
 ESPN.com - MLB - Fifty-five years and counting: Zimmer to D-Rays
Zimmer was hired Friday as an adviser by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, who will have him in uniform as a coach for spring training and pregame workouts at home games and on select road trips during the regular season.
In Game 3 of the AL championship series, Zimmer was involved in a melee in which he was tossed to the ground by Boston pitcher Pedro Martinez.
Zimmer tearfully apologized the next day for his actions and was fined $5,000 by major league baseball.
sports.espn.go.com /mlb/news/story?id=1704248   (563 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Zim: A Baseball Life: Books: Don Zimmer,Bill Madden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Zimmer is a "lifer," having been involved with professional baseball for half a century.
Zimmer suffered several beanings that nearly cost him his life and never became the ballplayer he was projected to be.
Don Zimmer is the last of the best generation of ball players, the ones who played because they loved the game and focused on it all the time.
www.amazon.com /Zim-Baseball-Life-Don-Zimmer/dp/1930844190   (1666 words)

  
 Zim: A Baseball Life - Don Zimmer
Zimmer's baseball life has been a full one, and half a century of his stories makes for a bountiful book.
Zimmer closes his book by saying, 'For a lifetime.235 hitter, I've had a hell of a life, 'and on that score he is unassailable.
For more than half a century, Don Zimmer has lived a baseball life, crossing paths with some of the game's most memorable people and events.
www.libreriauniversitaria.it /BUS/0071390030/Zim:_A_Baseball_Life.htm   (404 words)

  
 Did Pedro brutalize Don Zimmer?: Page 2
Zimmer being in the game for as long as he has should've known better.
Zimmer got what he had coming because only he and God know what the hell he had in mind by barreling down on Pedro.
Zimmer realized this and did the right thing and apologized and I respect him for that.
www.wickedgood.info /cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=18510   (1495 words)

  
 Don Zimmer to skipper Yanks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Don Zimmer, Torre's trusted sidekick the last three seasons, appears likely to run the team during Torre's absence.
Zimmer agrees there are few decisions to make as the 125-win Yankees prepare for the season.
As Zimmer held court in the Yankees' dugout yesterday afternoon, Torre spent the day with his family, trying to keep his mind off the cancer before choosing a course of treatment.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /sports/base12.shtml   (657 words)

  
 'Zen of Zim': Don Zimmer Dishes on George Steinbrenner - Associated Content
Don Zimmer, bench coach for the Yankees, who sat beside Joe Torre on four championship teams, left the Yankees after the 2003 season on less than amicable terms with its owner, and in this book he reveals the reasons why.
For Zimmer was almost killed by a bean ball as a young player, and played against such pitching headhunters as Don Drysdale and Bob Gibson.
Among other photos are ones of Zimmer with Ted Williams; Zimmer with Yogi Berra, Tommy LaSorda, and President Gerald Ford; Zimmer and Bear Bryant (got to love the man’s sense of style), and also the one of Pedro Martinez rolling him to the ground during the 1993 ALCS.
www.associatedcontent.com /article/3736/zen_of_zimmer_don_zimmer_dishes_on.html   (671 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Baseball - Bill Madden's Playoff Confidential: Aching Zim rips Pedro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Zimmer has more than sufficient reason to be sensitive about head-hunting pitchers - his career was nearly ended twice by severe beanings.
After attempting to land a haymaker punch on Martinez, Zimmer was grabbed by the pitcher and flung to the ground in what looked like a scene right out of the World Wrestling Federation.
As for Zimmer, who was first to arrive at the Yankee clubhouse yesterday so he wouldn't have to wait on line in the trainer's room, he said he got all of his anger out Saturday.
www.nydailynews.com /sports/baseball/story/126420p-113212c.html   (829 words)

  
 Don Zimmer Commentary
Don was a stand out at Western Hills High School in Cincinnati.
If he came home to Cincinnati, Zimmer could go out there every day just to tell the young players how much they all hated each other back in the good old days.
If Zimmer came back to town, he could eat chili for free the rest of his life.
www.angelfire.com /alt/dialoguemedia/page3.html   (331 words)

  
 Zim - Don Zimmer - eBooks
Don Zimmer's baseball life crossed paths with some of the game's most memorable people and events.
Zimmer played for Casey Stengel as an original New York Met in 1962, managed the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs, and was on the bench for the Yankees' world championships in 1996, '98, '99, and 2000.
Zimmer will take you everywhere he's been over his 53 years in the game.
www.ebookmall.com /alpha-titles/Zim-Zimmer-Barnes-cr.htm   (282 words)

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