One of baseball's most beloved figures—and New York Times –bestselling memoirist—offers readers an insightful look into the baseball of yesterday and today.Foreword by Lou PiniellaWith more than fifty-six years in baseball, Don Zimmer had seen it all, or so he thought before he ran into George Steinbrenner. In The Zen of Zim, Zimmer provides a revealing account of his eight years as Joe T...

Don Zimmer had his first taste of baseball glory in 1948 as a member of a national champion American Legion team. He was drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers, only to have his career—and life—threatened when he was beaned in a minor league game in 1953.After a miraculous recovery, he went on to play for Brooklyn’s only world championship team in 1955, for the LA Dodgers’ first world championship team four years later, and as an original New York Met in 1962. Zim managed the San Diego Pa...

Dieses unbekannte Kapitel der jüngsten Geschichte handelt vom Mut und der Phantasie der Franzosen, ihre wertvollsten Weine vor der deutschen Besatzung zu retten: Eisenbahner ließen ganze Züge mit Weinlieferungen im Nichts verschwinden. Eine Teppichreinigungsfirma versorgte die Pariser Sommeliers mit dem notwendigen Staub, um jungen Wein als uralte Raritäten den deutschen »Gästen« servieren zu können. »La Tour d`Argent«, das Pariser Luxus-Restaurant, mauerte im Mai 1940 sofort 20 000 Flasch...

Duke Snider, former Dodgers great and Hall of Famer who played on both coasts, selects the top five players at each position and the top five Dodgers managers in this exciting compilation. Evoking cherished memories of one of the richest histories in sports and spotlighting the luminescent talent that has worn Dodgers blue, the book includes profiles of Zach Wheat, Burleigh Grimes, Jackie Robinson, Sandy Koufax, Gil Hodges, Steve Garvey, and Fernando Valenzuela.