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Written
by Don Zimmer with Bill Maddon, the
cover of this book pictures Zim wearing
his famous Yankee Army helmet. The
night after he was struck in the face
by a ball fouled into the Yankees’
dugout by Chuck Knoblauch during a 1999
playoff game, Zim wore an army helmet
with the word "ZIM" painted on the side
and the Yankees "NY" logo stenciled on
the front. Zimmer also wore the helmet
during the Yankees' victory parade in
1999.
Zim, one of baseball's most
eccentric characters and storytellers
chronicles his life in the sport, from
playing high school ball in Cincinnati
to his current role as bench coach for
the New York Yankees. Don Zimmer's
career has crossed paths with the
game's most memorable people and
events, and Zim includes them all, from
Babe Ruth, who lauded Zim's team a year
before he died, to the Brooklyn
Dodgers, who drafted him as a potential
heir to shortstop Pee Wee Reese, to
Casey Stengel, who Zimmer played for as
one of the original New York Mets.
Accounts of his tragedies -- two life
-- threatening beanings -- and triumphs
-- managing the San Diego Padres,
Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers, and
Chicago Cubs -- give a panoramic
history of both the man and the sport.
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