Zim
A Baseball Life

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.