Tampa Bay Rays bring Don Zimmer back for the 2013 season as a senior adviser – MLB Update
Tampa Bay Rays showed good and consistent results in 2012 Major League Baseball season as their entire management took some healthy decisions which automatically proved well for them.
"I couldn't be happier, The organization has always been great to me. I can't thank them enough," Don Zimmer said in a statement released by the team.
Zimmer added, “I had a tough time for four-five months there, everything's working out pretty good cause I've got a h**l of a nurse. … If I feel as good as I do now, I'll be there at every (home) game."
The reason they showed consistent performance by achieving .556 winning percentage as they had a very senior person in-charge on giving recommendations to senior management.
That man was Don Zimmer who has also been with the Rays since 2004. He once again proved his worth and put Rays upfront in the American League East.
"Zim has been a valuable resource not only for our players and coaching staff, but for our front office as well, We are excited that he will be returning for another season in our uniform and look forward to many more,” Rays' executive vice president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said.
Rays finished third behind Baltimore Orioles with 90-72 win-loss. They were only short three wins to Orioles and could have played a Wild Card game.
Many executives in the Rays’ franchise believe that Zimmer has been a very productive part of Tampa Bay. He is an experience campaigner and knows many tricks of the trade.
Zimmer has worked with many franchises in different capacities. First as a player and later as manager and coach, he is certainly considered one of the most skilled supervisors in the league.
Zimmer’s relationship with baseball started in 1954 when he started playing for Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers. Later he went onto to play with four other different Major League teams including Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds and Washington Senators.
After spending some 12 years playing in the league, he turned his attention towards coaching and managing big league teams.
Zimmer had worked with some of the top teams including Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres in MLB as coach as well as manager.
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