Guess God needed a good coach. Don Zimmer died today. He was 83 and a classic.
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Old school.
RIP.
Always loved how he handled himself after the Pedro dust up in 2003(?). Said he started it and moved on. 70 years old and looking to scrap because it's what you do.
Baseball royalty.
Zimmer met Babe Ruth (in 1947), was a teammate of Jackie Robinson (1954-56) and played for Casey Stengel (1962). He was in uniform for some of the most iconic teams in history: the team that lost the most games ('62 Mets) and the team, including postseason play, that won the most games ('98 Yankees). He was in uniform for the only World Series championship for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1955), one of the most famous World Series home runs (Carlton Fisk's shot in 1975), one of the most famous regular season home runs (Bucky Dent in 1978), the Pine Tar Game (1983), the first night game at Wrigley Field (1988), the first game in Rockies history (1993), and all three perfect games thrown at Yankee Stadium (Don Larsen, David Wells and David Cone).
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How f'ing cool is that?
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