Don Zimmer will spend a 65th season in baseball, as the Rays announced that the 82-year-old will continue his role as senior baseball advisor after being away from the team for a while this season due to health problems.
Next year will be his 10th season with the Rays, which matches the length of time Zimmer spent with the Yankees.
Zimmer released a statement saying that he “couldn’t be happy” and B.J. Upton, now a free agent a decade after being drafted by the Rays, is glad to see Zimmer returning to Tampa Bay even if Upton is headed elsewhere:Happy to hear that Zim is coming back for another year. He has meant a lot to me over my career.
— BJ Upton (@BJUPTON2) November 1, 2012