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Jim Abbott - An Inspiration to All

Jim Abbott was, in part, motivation for my daughter, who has a similar hand, to become a softball pitcher. She is now in the Junior Varsity team at high school.

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East Bay native plays with one hand, big heart
Laue didn't play youth basketball at first, choosing baseball, football and soccer. "He didn't want to wear the (basketball) jersey because it would expose ...
Goalie moly!
Jim Abbott, the former Major League Baseball pitcher was also born without a right hand and went on to win a gold medal and throw a no hitter in his career. ...
[UPDATED] Nats non-tender Olsen, MacDougal
Oh, Jim Abbott too, I reckon. (Does Pete Reiser merit consideration? Depends on your emphasis.) Rounding the glass up to full: One advantage of hitting ...

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Jim Abbott on Wikipedia 

James Anthony Abbott (born September 19, 1967 in Flint, Michigan) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who is best known for playing despite having been born without a right hand. He played for the California Angels, the New York Yankees, the Chicago White Sox, and the Milwaukee Brewers, from to .

He graduated from Flint Central High School and grew up in the East Village area of Flint, Michigan. While with the University of Michigan, Abbott won the James E. Sullivan Award as the nation's best amateur athlete in and won a gold medal in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He was drafted in the firs...

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The Jim Abbott of the Far West League
You surely remember Jim Abbott, the major league pitcher of the 1990s who was born without a right hand. Rick Swaine, who wrote Abbott's biography for SABR's Baseball Biography Project, said Abbott ?pitched with a righthander's ...
What baseball teams did jim Abbott Play for
Jim Abbott played for the California Angels, New York Yan...
Whatever Happened to…Jim Abbott
One of baseball's best stories of the Nineties, Jim Abbott threw a no hitter and lodged 87 wins despite being born without a right hand. Recently he sat down for a great interview with Keith Schlosser that features fascinating insight ...
Baseball Card Bust: Jim Abbott, Taz, 1993 Upper Deck Looney Tunes
Jim Abbott, Taz, 1993 Upper Deck Looney Tunes. Names: Jim Abbott, Taz. Teams: California Angels, The World Umpires Association. Positions: Ace, umpire. Value of card: Two doodles of genitalia. Key 1992 stat: One nonsensical headline ...

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