{"id":1720,"date":"2012-05-30T06:09:30","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T10:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=1720"},"modified":"2012-05-30T06:09:30","modified_gmt":"2012-05-30T10:09:30","slug":"ex-pitcher-jim-abbott-perfectly-imperfect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2012\/05\/ex-pitcher-jim-abbott-perfectly-imperfect.html","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Pitcher Jim Abbott: Perfectly ‘Imperfect’"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Find something you love to do in this world and don’t let anyone ever change your opinion that you can do it.”<\/p>\n

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Jim Abbott<\/strong> said the above during a recent CBS Sunday Morning<\/em> profile. Abbott has lived those words and is an inspiration to anyone who has seen his “work” or had the pleasure of meeting him.<\/p>\n

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Jim Abbott<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Abbott, who once threw a no-hitter for the New York Yankees<\/em>, did so despite being born without a right hand. The Michigan native, who learned to flip his glove from arm to arm so he could field his position, has also written a book called Imperfect<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It’s an ironic title since throwing a perfect game is one of the few things Abbott, now a motivational speaker, didn’t accomplish.<\/p>\n

Abbott was once considered the nation’s top amateur athlete in 1987 and went on to win and Olympic gold medal in 1988.<\/p>\n

Imperfect, perhaps. Marvelous person … definitely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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