The right-hander is a Wisconsin native and attended the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, so when Aaron Rodgers threw a game-winning Hail Mary to Richard Rodgers with no time left on the clock, Zimmermann got a little excited.
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This may seem like a harmless tweet, but Detroit is a proud city and its sports fans didn’t take kindly to their new asset throwing salt on their freshly opened wounds.
Zimmermann, who apologized — sort of — for his first tweet, made it clear he’s a Green Bay fan no matter what.