Zim, Don Zimmer with Bill Madden
Zim, Don Zimmer with Bill Madden
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Zim
A Baseball Life

Author: Don Zimmer with Bill Madden

Narrator: Denis McKee

Unabridged: 11 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/10/2011

Synopsis

Don Zimmer had his first taste of baseball glory in 1948 as a member of a national champion American Legion team. He was drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers, only to have his careerand lifethreatened when he was beaned in a minor league game in 1953. After a miraculous recovery, he went on to play for Brooklyns only worldchampionship team in 1955, the L.A. Dodgers first worldchampionship team four years later, and as an original New York Met in 1962. Zim managed the San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers, and Chicago Cubs, and was Joe Torres bench coach during the Yankees world championship seasons of 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2000. His career has crossed paths with some of baseballs most memorable people and events. Here is fifty years of baseball history as seen through the eyes of one of its most colorful characters.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Hapzydeco

Although Don Zimmer died at age 83 on June 4, 2014, in Dunedin, Florida, from heart and kidney problems, Zim remained helmet and all in the game he loved right up to the end. For a fan of baseball, this is one read not to be missed.......more

Goodreads review by Josh

Until reading this book I had no idea of the relationships and all the big moments of baseball history that Don Zimmer was a part of. He is truly a baseball guy through and through. He was in uniform for 3 perfect games. He was friends with Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson. He was part of great Dod......more

Goodreads review by Lee

A tell it as it is biography from a man who had played, coached and managed in the big leagues for 50+ years. It starts with his playing days in the minors up to the majors starting with the Brooklyn Dodgers. His many travels thru the coaching and managing ranks and his friendship with many players,......more

Goodreads review by Melissa

I read this for my 2021 Reading Challenge and the prompt was a book that starts with "Q," "X," or "Z." I did not realize how much of his career was not spent in NYC but I enjoyed learning about someone from the Yankee Organization that I did not know much about.......more

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