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iwantmycrayons
Posts : 13554 Join date : 2012-04-09
| Subject: RIP Don Zimmer Thu Jun 05, 2014 7:29 am | |
| Have a great game in heaven Popeye!! Just a few things that zim was a part of in his 60 plus years involved with Baseball ( credits to SI and Tom verducci0 immer 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). Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mlb/news/20140605/don-zimmer-yankees-cubs-red-sox-dodgers-obituary/#ixzz33lNgGZbc | |
| | | iwantmycrayons
Posts : 13554 Join date : 2012-04-09
| Subject: Re: RIP Don Zimmer Thu Jun 05, 2014 7:30 am | |
| He will be missed. i remeber him from the Sox, and also the famous fight with pedro martinez when he was with the yankees. | |
| | | Ez Moderator
Posts : 9256 Join date : 2012-04-07 Age : 43 Location : Amarillo, TX
| Subject: Re: RIP Don Zimmer Thu Jun 05, 2014 8:22 am | |
| A true legend/ambassador of the game, RIP Popeye! | |
| | | Ez Moderator
Posts : 9256 Join date : 2012-04-07 Age : 43 Location : Amarillo, TX
| Subject: Re: RIP Don Zimmer Thu Jun 05, 2014 8:23 am | |
| My most fond memory is the brawl with Pedro, maybe a precursor for Papi/Price in about a month! | |
| | | iwantmycrayons
Posts : 13554 Join date : 2012-04-09
| Subject: Re: RIP Don Zimmer Thu Jun 05, 2014 8:35 am | |
| the shit he was part of in the game is just friggin amazing, 6 world series rings, and part of a huge portion of the history of baseball. i was listening to Mike and Mike this morning ( didn't feel like listening to an autopsy of the red sox this morning lol) and when they went through that list i was was stunned. | |
| | | iwantmycrayons
Posts : 13554 Join date : 2012-04-09
| Subject: Re: RIP Don Zimmer Thu Jun 05, 2014 8:37 am | |
| the perfect games alone is unbelievable they were like 40 years apart!!! | |
| | | Derek
Posts : 15292 Join date : 2012-03-18 Age : 40
| Subject: Re: RIP Don Zimmer Thu Jun 12, 2014 10:07 am | |
| very sad..he was the cubs coach for a while..we loved him here....RIP | |
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