Zim A Baseball Life Author:Don Zimmer, Bill Madden In Zim, one of baseballs 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 Zimmers career has crossed paths with the games most memorable people and events, and Zim includes them all, from Babe... more » Ruth, who lauded Zims 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.« less