BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:aa65495deaef4ea514047610adfc235869 CATEGORIES:Networking Events SUMMARY:Annual Attorneys' Luncheon LOCATION:JW Marriott Essex House New York\, 160 Central Park South\, New York, NY 10 019\, United States DESCRIPTION:
Featuring:
Jim Abbott
As
a member of Team USA in 1987, Jim Abbott became the first American pitcher
in 25 years to beat a Cuban team on Cuban soil. The team won a silver medal
at the Pan-American Games and Abbott won the U. S. Baseball Federation's G
olden Spikes award as the best amateur player in the country. In 1987 Abbot
t was the first baseball player to win the Sullivan Award as the nation's o
utstanding amateur athlete. In the 1988 Olympics, Abbott was the winning pi
tcher in a 5-3 victory over Japan that brought the U.S. its first gold meda
l in baseball.
Abbott went directly from the University of Michigan t o the Angels' starting rotation in the spring of 1989 without spending a da y in the minor leagues. Many considered the move a publicity stunt, but aft er struggling early, Jim Abbott proved his doubters wrong by winning 12 gam es with a 3.92 ERA in his rookie season. On the mound, Abbott wore a right- hander's fielder's glove over the stump at the end of his right arm. While completing his follow-through after delivering a pitch, he rapidly switched the glove to his left hand so he could handle any balls hit back to him. p>
In 1991 he looked like one of the best young left-handers in the game after winning 18 games for the Angels while posting a 2.89 ERA. He was trad ed to the Yankees in December 1992 and in the heat of the pennant race toss ed a 4-0 no-hitter against Cleveland.
The Yankees traded Abbott to th e Chicago White Sox early in 1995 and he returned to the Angels in mid-seas on. He became suddenly ineffective in 1996, losing 11 straight games and fi nishing with a 2-18 record. Jim Abbott then retired for a season, but came back to try again with the White Sox in 1998.
Southpaw Jim Abbott was born without a right hand. He spent hours as a youngster bouncing a ball o ff a wall to practice fielding as well as throwing. Instead of looking at w hat he did not have, Abbott's fathers helped him finds ways to win. Abbott was the starting quarterback on his high school football team, which went t o the finals of the Michigan state championship. He showed enough promise a s a pitcher to be drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays shortly after graduation , but he went to University of Michigan instead on a baseball scholarship. Jim Abbott had a career record of 26 wins and 8 losses at the school.
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