John Zimmerman

5—Fred Lyon from Rapho-Guillumette, John G. Zimmerman, Jerry Cooke, Tom Hutchins, Jerry Cooke, painting by Morton Roberts6—Jacques Faizant-Paris-Press7—U.P.I., A.P., Arlington Park, Sam Chambliss, A.P., Jim...

COVER: John G. Zimmerman4—Martin Nathan6—New York Times7—Greer Studio, Guy Hayes-Atlanta Journal, Alex Yackiminie-Hamilton Spectator, Tom Carbone, U.P.I., C. Richard Eckel-Hartford Times10, 11—Heinz Schlundt12—left,...

10, 11—Eddie Frank-Pittsburgh Press (2), Joe Young Indanapolis News, Jeep Hunter, A.P., Dan Klepper-San Antonio Express, A.P.24—map by Matt Greene27—Cocado,EI Tiempo30,31—A.P.34—A.P.37—Herb Scharfman36—Hy...

Big leaguers usually are photographed in moments of glory, but when SPORTS ILLUSTRATED's John Zimmerman used a long-lens camera to gain a pitcher's-eye view of home plate he found that even the best of them...

This is baseball as the umpire sees it—the bulky back of a catcher's mitt, a taut grip on the bat, the sudden burst of a humming fast ball. The umpire here, toiling under a hot spring-training sun, was SPORTS...