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ST. Vans Shoes Sale . PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Joe Torre, Tommy Lasorda and Jim Leyland were among the many friends and family members at Tropicana Field on Saturday to celebrate the life of longtime baseball man Don Zimmer. The tribute was held before the Tampa Bay Rays played Seattle. Zimmer, a senior adviser for the Rays, died Wednesday at 83 in a hospital in nearby Dunedin. Both teams wore Zimmers No. 23 Brooklyn Dodgers jersey as they lined up along the foul lines. Fans stood and cheered at the end of a video tribute. There is no funeral or other memorial service planned. More than 20 family members, including Zimmers wife "Soot" -- they were married at home plate during a minor league game in 1951 -- also attended. "A great life," Soot Zimmer said. "No regrets." Son Tom Zimmer, a scout with the San Francisco Giants, caught the ceremonial first pitch thrown by granddaughter Whitney Goldstein. Torre says Zimmer was "one of a kind" and "an institution." Zimmer was Torres bench coach for four World Series championships with the Yankees. "His loss creates a void in my life," Torre said. "I hired a coach who became a family member, basically. I think baseball is just going to miss the presence of him. He was a big teddy bear, theres no question about it." Zimmer spent 66 years in baseball as a player, manager, coach and executive. "I just hope that people remember what a great baseball man this guy was," Leyland said. "He was a character, but he wasnt somebody that you laughed at when you understood how much this guy knew about baseball. His passion for the game and his passion for people." "Its kind of an ironic day," he said. "Todays the day of the Belmont, as you know, and everybody knows how he liked horses. Family came first, baseball second, horses third. So, family is here today, were going to have a ballgame and the Belmont is today." Zimmer convinced Torre not to make ties mandatory when the Yankees travelled. Torre, who wore a tie Saturday with horses on it, removed it when the subject came up during the ceremony. Yankees star Derek Jeter made a video statement. So did Yankees manager Joe Girardi, whose first big league manager was Zimmer with the Chicago Cubs. "He made an impact like no else has," Texas Rangers senior adviser Tom Giordano said. The ceremony ended with "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" played on a bagpipe. "Perfect," Tom Zimmer said. "Emotional." Vans Old Skool White . - Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson sat on the scorers table at Oracle Arena on Wednesday morning. Vans Old Skool Cheap . Brassard and Coyotes defenceman Derek Morris were battling for position in the crease when a nudge from Morris sent Brassard on top of Smith late in the third period.Daniel Ricciardo will run Renaults upgraded engine in his Red Bull car at this weekends Monaco GP, with Spanish GP-winning team-mate Max Verstappen staying with the older version. Renault have decided to bring forward the introduction of their new unit by one race after a successful Barcelona test, although they are not yet in a position to fit new engines to all four cars on their roster.Debate over which of Red Bulls drivers would be given the new engine for Monaco swirled over recent days, given Ricciardo is their lead runner in the championship but Verstappen won on his debut for the team last time out in Spain. Sky Sports News HQ understands Ricciardo will run the upgraded unit in Monaco. Meanwhile, Kevin Magnussen will use the one unit available for Renaults works team.Asked how the team decided he would be given the new spec, Ricciardo joked: It was a history test, basically, and seeing as Im older than Max that was easier to win! Renault are expecting a performance uplift of up to half a second on certain tracks from their upgrades after making significant modifications to the combustion system.Monaco is one of the least engine-dependent circuits on the calendar, meaning a bigger performance uplift should be felt on forthcoming tracks such as Canada and Austria.Monaco GP talking pointsIt will make the ICE more powerful but also efficient, leading to a gain of around half a second per lap, Renaults Remi Taffin said last week. Weve used a small proportion of our token allocation for this upgrade.Armed with the new engine, Ricciardo is aiming to bounce back from the disappointment of losing out on victory at Barcelona, having led Verstappen for the majority of the race before Red Bull split their strategies. Sky Sports News HQs Craig Slater takes you around the streets of Monte Carlo as it prepares for the Monaco Grand Prix Im over it now, Ricciardo told SSNHQ. Vans Old Skool Sale. We had the test on Tuesday and then I was on the simulator on Wednesday, so I had a bit of time to go through it all with the team between sessions. Its done.I couldnt be happier coming here to this track to let off some steam. This is the place to do it, so Im very happy to be here for the race this weekend.Having ended their 30-race victory drought, Red Bull are optimistic of a strong showing relative to world champions Mercedes at F1s showpiece event.When is the Monaco GP on Sky?Verstappen, who starred on his Monaco debut for Toro Rosso last year before crashing into the back of Romain Grosjean, said: We won the last one but, still, you have to be realistic. Mercedes will be strong but I think we can be quite close.Monaco is always very interesting, as you could also see last year - even though I created a bit of that! We will see, I think the car will be quite strong here. Also See: Monaco GP talking points Can Lewis end Monaco woes? ' ' '