Don Zimmer was truly a baseball man

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Don Zimmer sat with Ted Williams in the dugout at Fenway Sept. 30, 1978.

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Zimmer scanned the crowd at Fenway before a game on July 26, 1976.

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Zimmer argued with home plate umpire Terry Cooney in Anaheim July 10, 1979.

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Zimmer removed Dennis Eckersley, with Carlton Fisk at his side, in a game against the Yankees Sept. 9, 1978.

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Pedro Martinez pushed Zimmer, then Yankees bench coach, during Game 3 of the ALCS Oct. 11, 2003.

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Zimmer and Jimmy Piersall were inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame on Sept. 17, 2010.

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Zimmer and Ted Williams on Aug. 24, 1976.

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A Zimmer baseball card.

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Zimmer led the Red Sox in base running instruction in March 1978.