Jim Abbott First Spring Training Pitching Appearance
Description
A color slide of a full-length photograph of Jim Abbott, seen pitching during Spring training. Abbott is on the pitcher's mound and leaning forward on his right leg after releasing the visible baseball from his left hand. He is wearing a California Angels road uniform. The photograph is from Abbott's first major league appearance. The blurry background shows Mark McLemore standing near second base. The caption on the left side of the photograph reads, "(PNX-8) Phoenix, Mar. 7 --- Abbott Delivers -- California Angels one-handed pitcher Jim Abbott, delivers a pitch in their game against the Oakland A's Tuesday. Abbott, who pitched two complete innings, gave up 1 run, 1 hit, 3 walks and had 2 strike outs. Eds. color not: uniform grey with red and dark blue trim, background green. (AP Colorphoto) (Jlr31805stf/Jeff Robbins) 1989" Information written on the physical slide reads, "Cal. Angels 1989"