DATE: 1983 ORIGINAL or DUPLICATE: Original Film TEAM: New York Yankees SUBJECTS: APPROXIMATE SIZE: 35mm in Ektachrome slide mount NUMBER OF SLIDES: 1 COMMENTS / CONDITION: This is an original color transparency (film) which, like original negatives, can be used to produce high-quality prints (and unlike negatives, can be viewed and enjoyed with the naked eye, without having to use software to invert the image). See scan for further details. This is one of a large accumulation of vintage sports photographs, slides and negatives that we will be listing over the coming months. Wear on these, if any, is mostly confined to minor corner and edge wear, but see scans for further details including condition. We do not deal in stock images or modern reprints, and all scans shown are of the actual vintage photograph, slide or negative being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends. BIO: Donald William Zimmer (Popeye, The Gerbil) was born in 1931 in Cincinnati, OH and died in 2014 in Dunedin, FL. He played major league baseball from 1954 to 1965 as infielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds and the Washington Senators, appeared in the 1955 and 1959 World Series, and was selected in 1961 as an All-Star. Following his playing career, Zimmer stayed involved with baseball, and became a major league manager for the first time in 1972 with the San Diego Padres after spending a few years as a minor league manager and coach. He was one of the winningest managers in Boston Red Sox history, managing the 1978 team that lost to the Yankees in a one game playoff. He was National League Manager of the Year in 1989, when the Cubs won the division.He later became a bench coach for the New York Yankees and Joe Torre from 1996 through the 2004 season. In 1999, he managed the Yankees on an interim basis for the first 36 games of the season, compiling a record of 21-15, while Torre was recovering from an operation. David Garcia was born in 1920 in East St. Louis, IL and died in 2018 in San Diego, CA. Dave Garcia played in the minors from 1939 to 1957, missing the seasons from 1943 to 1945 serving in the Air Force during World War II. He was a minor league manager from 1948 to 1957, spending 1956 as a coach for the Minneapolis Millers. He was a scout for the San Francisco Giants from 1957 to 1963 and in 1965 and 1966, managing the El Paso Sun Kings in 1964. He returned to managing from 1967 to 1969, before heading mainly to the major leagues. Garcia was on the San Diego Padres coaching staff from 1970 to 1973. He returned to managing El Paso in the Texas League in 1974 and was a Cleveland Indians coach in 1975 and 1976. In 1977, he became a California Angels coach before being promoted in midseason to skipper, replacing Norm Sherry, a job he held until 1978. He was an Indians coach again in 1979 and managed the club after replacing Jeff Torborg that year, staying until 1982. He was a Milwaukee Brewers coach in 1983 and 1984 and ended his career as a member of the Colorado Rockies staff from 2000 to 2002. SKU: LSP01349
Item: LSP01349
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