Zimmer, Don; Madden, Bill The Zen of Zim ISBN 13: 9780312937652

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For more than a half-century-from rookie to honored baseball legend-Don Zimmer has lived his dream. He's played for the best managers the game has ever known. He's toured every major city in America. And he's shared the field with such greats as Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, Don Drysdale, and Sandy Koufax. Scoring six World Championship rings, Zimmer has overcome more than his share of obstacles to remain loyal to himself, the game, his fans, and to fifty-years of fellow teammates, managers, and coaches by way of old-school smarts, versatility, resilience, and a true love of the sport. Now, with scrappy humor, keen insight, and an opinionated bull's-rush honesty, Zimmer delivers a grand-slam memoir of the challenges, regrets, glories, and triumphs that only a world-class act who's been-there-done-that, could tell.

THIS IS ZIM ON:
* The fallout with George Steinbrenner that ended a twenty-five-year personal and
professional relationship
* His Fenway Park throw-down with Pedro Martinez that made national headlines
* His successful eight-year run as Joe Torre's right-hand man
* His lifelong friendships with his 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers team
* The effect of big-money on team solidarity
* His frank opinions of ballplayers-and the game-past and present

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About the Author:
DON ZIMMER's baseball career has spanned 56 years and seven decades. Zimmer went from top prospect to near-tragedy after a beaning in the minor leagues, but he fought back to put together a prolific baseball career. He is the author of Zim-A Baseball Life, and he lives in Treasure Island, Florida.

BILL MADDEN is an award-winning columnist with the New York Daily News who has covered baseball for 35 years and has been a national baseball columnist since 1988. He is the author of Pride of October and co-author of Damned Yankees and, with Don Zimmer, Zim-A Baseball Life. He has known Zimmer for over twenty years.
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Teaming up again with Madden, Zimmer (Zim: A Life in Baseball), formerly of the Yankees, now with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, recalls more than half a century of glories and challenges and gives his spin on the changes in baseball—good and bad—observed over a lifetime in the game. Ironically, one of his biggest complaints is batters displaying their indignation over close pitches. Zimmer condones the inside pitch as a strategic necessity, which might seem inconsistent for someone who almost died on two occasions from being hit in the head, or "beaned." In an unusual move for a sports memoir, he devotes a chapter to his wife, Soot, and turns the narrative over to her to speak about the difficulties and rewards of being an athlete's spouse. One of his charms is the ability to poke fun at himself. "What's a .235 hitter like me doing on the Letterman show," he asks, amazed and amused by the attention he has received over the years. Zimmer is refreshingly honest, whether expressing his gratitude for the friendships cultivated in and out of sports or criticizing players and bosses. Given the dirt as he could dish, he is restrained and considerate, which makes for a nicely balanced memoir.
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  • PublisherSt. Martin's Paperbacks
  • Publication date2005
  • ISBN 10 0312937652
  • ISBN 13 9780312937652
  • BindingMass Market Paperback
  • Number of pages306
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