Don & Soot Zimmer Love Story - The Special Woman

Don & Soot Zimmer Love Story - The Special Woman 

Baseball lost one of its most beloved characters Wednesday night with the death of Don Zimmer at age 83.

Zimmer had been in a rehabilitation center in Dunedin, Fla., since having seven hours of heart surgery in mid-April.

Zimmer was proud of the fact that he never had a job in any other field but baseball. His career spanned 66 years, beginning in 1949 when he signed with the Dodgers. His last position was senior adviser for the Rays.

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Zimmer was teammate of Jackie Robinson, played for Hall of Fame managers Walter Alston and Casey Stengel and coached Derek Jeter — quite a span, by any major league measure.

"Zim was around when I first came up. He was someone that taught me a lot about the game — he's been around, he's pretty much seen everything," Jeter said after the Yankees lost to Oakland 7-4. "His stories, his experiences."

His tenure in baseball was nearly cut short in 1953, however, when while playing in the minors he was beaned and left in a coma. Doctors had to put metal screws in his head...

Original Article: http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2014-06-04/don-zimmer-dies-rays-yankees-cubs-dodgers

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