Day 4046: Jim Abbott & Tired Eyes.

 

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If you don't know about Jim Abbott, this is going to be a treat. On September 4th, 1993, Abbott, then a pitcher with the California Angels, threw a no-hitter against the then Cleveland Indians. A no-hitter is a sure way to hit the baseball history books, but Abbott added to the badassery of it all by doing it one-handed. Abbott was born without a right hand, with an arm ending at the wrist. Throughout his ten-year MLB career, he adjusted his pitching and playing style to accommodate his limbs. CNN's "World Sport" anchor Don Riddell wrote a wonderful yarn about Abbott's historic career and his cultural influence. After his remarkable no-hitter, Abbott says he was blown away by the recognition, and not just from cars cheerfully honking at him or people stopping him in the street. He said, wherever he went, kids with disabilities and their families regarded him as a special type of hero. “I wouldn’t be able to guess the numbers, they’re sort of staggering," he told CNN. "But I think of the kids a lot, and the look in their parents’ eyes.”

 

They say I look a little tired?

I earned it, I have watched so much of the US Open 

 matches that I now have tennis elbow! ;o)  And then, the Aki Sumo Basho (15 day tournament) started Sunday. Sumo matches are shown on NKH our times a day, and I usually watch more than once.

 

(The Rugby World Cup got underway in Paris on Friday, but I have to have some limits?)

 

 

A 4 minute video, Hermit crabs, here.

 

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