Don Zimmer

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...See more

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. See less