“I remember really wanting to play baseball,” former Yankees pitcher Jim Abbott said over the phone last week. “My dad buying me a cheap glove down at the drugstore. I don’t think he saw a future in it.”
Well, ten MLB seasons, four teams, and a no-hitter later? He didn’t just break the barrier, but ran through it. And on Sunday, a new E60 documentary, Southpaw: The Life and Legacy of Jim Abbott, chronicles the Jim Abbott story from his childhood in Flint, Michigan to his work as a motivational speaker today. All with his September 4, 1993 no-hitter as the backdrop.