In the Trenches 116 - Jim Abbott
MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen
The Varsity Podcast Network
4.8 • 754 Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2020
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Jim Abbott shares his experience at Michigan, what drove him to Ann Arbor and his dream of wearing the maize and blue. He also highlights some of his greatest memories of winning a gold medal, throwing a no-hitter for the New York Yankees and what he misses about playing baseball. He starts by talking about the legacy of the Abbott family and their legacy with Michigan Athletics.
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| 0:00.0 | Every once in a while, you get a chance to meet your heroes, and today I have that opportunity. |
| 0:06.4 | Former Wolverine, former Michigan native Olympic gold medalists, throwing no hitters in Major League Baseball, |
| 0:13.9 | and that is none other than Jim Abbott stops by today on In the Trenches. |
| 0:20.9 | Let's go in the trenches with John Jansen. |
| 0:24.3 | The former Wolverines captain in Michigan Sports Hall of Famer |
| 0:27.1 | will take you inside the locker room with players and coaches. |
| 0:30.8 | Once again, here's John Jansen. |
| 0:33.9 | As I mentioned, we've got a special treat today. |
| 0:37.2 | Michigan native, former Wolverine, Major League Baseball player, |
| 0:42.1 | college baseball Hall of Fame member. |
| 0:44.6 | I don't even want to continue to go down the list because the list of accolades is way too long. |
| 0:49.2 | Jim Abbott joins us here on In the Trenches. |
| 0:51.4 | Jim, thanks for joining us. |
| 0:52.9 | How are you handling things out in Southern California? |
| 0:57.5 | I'm good, John. It's great to be with you. And we're doing fine. We're hunkered down out here like everybody else. |
| 1:04.0 | Got the family in place and trying to keep by all the rules and everything. |
| 1:10.0 | I've got the two girls that might have two daughters at the University of Michigan, |
| 1:13.3 | and they both are home. |
| 1:15.3 | So that's a special treat for us. |
| 1:17.3 | It's been a while since that was the case, |
| 1:19.0 | and we're just really trying to focus on that positive while we're here. |
| 1:24.1 | Are they living by mom and dad's rules, |
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