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Major League Notebook: November 4

Here's what is happening around baseball on Thursday November 4, 2010: • Don Zimmer will return for another season as the Rays' senior baseball advisor, the team announced Thursday. It will be the 63rd season in baseball for Zimmer, who turns 80 in January. Next season will be Zimmer's eighth with Tampa Bay. He...

Always an Adventure Covering 'The Boss'

Covering George Steinbrenner was a beat unto itself. It could switch from the absurd to the surreal to the insane, sometimes in the space of nine innings. There was that crazy afternoon in Tampa, on the last day of spring training in 1999, when for the second time sluggish, chubby Yankee pitcher Hideki Irabu failed to...

Left on Base: Mazzone Dishes, Markakis Signs, Iguchi Goes Home

Left on Base is MLB FanHouse's link dump.* Former Orioles skipper Leo Mazzone on his old employer: "Once I got there and saw how they operated compared to the Braves, I knew I made a mistake the first week of spring training," he said, before chuckling and adding, "I said to myself, 'You know what? I done messed up.' The...

Posada and Pedro Still Hold a Grudge

Yesterday we told you about the comments Jorge Posada made about The Great Joba Debate during yesterday's taping for the YES show "CenterStage." It turns out those weren't his only controversial comments.Posada also revealed he still holds a grudge against Pedro Martinez from the 2003 ALCS, saying Martinez has "no class"...

The Dugout: Rays Lowered

"Mr. Longoria! Do you think that the 2008 Rays are the 69 Mets in disguise?""I don't know, but do you want to see my impression of the 2007 Mets?""Sure!""/collapses"Cinderella's glass slipper has broken. Snow White is comatose and being cared for by dwarves. Gaston is trying to stab the Beast to death. Whatever your...

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05/24/12 Brushing Batters Back Will Always Be Part of the Game,... Source: Bleacher Report Near the end of the 1954 season, Sports Illustrated writer Jimmy Jemail asked some baseball players whether or not a pitcher should throw the "duster" (today, "brush-back pitch") to a dangerous hitter in a close game.
05/18/12 Rays' advisor Zimmer back at Trop after diabetes scare Source: TBO.com - Tampa Bay FL Tampa Bay Rays senior advisor Don Zimmer made it out to Tropicana Field this afternoon, sat in the seats behind home plate and watched the team take batting practice.
05/04/12 Ex-Yankees Coach Don Zimmer âHappy To Be Home' After... Source: New York City News - New York NY Beloved former Yankees bench coach Don Zimmer was back in his Florida home Thursday after being hospitalized for a week ';due to kidney problems,'; according to the Tampa Bay Times.
05/03/12 Ailing Zimmer making progress Source: MLB - Tampa Bay Rays Baseball icon and Rays senior advisor Don Zimmer has not been with the team since the first weekend of the season due to several hospital visits for different maladies over the past month.
04/19/12 Kevin Cuneo's TakeThirty: Learning life lessons from... Source: Erie Times-News - Erie PA Now that baseball season has arrived, Kevin Cuneo reached into the vault for this classic Take 30.

Background on don zimmer

Donald William Zimmer (born January 17, 1931, in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a former infielder, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB), currently serving as a senior advisor to the Tampa Bay Rays baseball organization.

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