CNN —Jim Abbott was used to dealing with uncomfortable social situations; in some ways, they were all he’d ever known.
Abbott was about to pull off a no-hitter, one of the rarest feats in Major League Baseball.
Baseball insiders will tell you that nobody ever sees a no-hitter coming, and that was certainly true for Jim Abbott.
“I had some pretty serious anxiety about that game,” Abbott said in 2013.
The Detroit Tigers scoreboard posting YANKEES JIM ABBOTT HAS THROWN A NO HITTER VS CLEVELAND INDIANS during Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox at Tiger Stadium.
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