On this day in 1993: Jim Abbott tossed the 8th no-hitter in Yankees franchise history!

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1. And he did it with one fucking hand

2. Good god it’s been 32 years already?

   I was sitting there watching live on TV.

   Couldn’t have happened to a better guy in my opinion, was such a great moment.

3. Still the most impressive athlete I’ve ever seen

4. I was 6 years old and captivated by Jim Abbott. There are a bunch of pictures of me resting the glove on my fist like him.

5. Simply amazing! One of my favorite moments in Yankee history

6. Rodon No Hitter incoming tonight!

7. Go watch the ESPN documentary if you haven’t already. It’s really well done.

8. Cleveland’s offense back then was no joke either

9. I was there. Still have the ticket stub.

   I remember Kenny Lofton tried to bunt his way on in the ninth – the crowd was none too pleased

   Even with the one hand, Abbott could field his position.

10. AND A GROUND A BALL TO SHORT … VELARDE … HE DID IT! HE DID IT! NO HITTER FOR JIM ABBOTT!

    (They used to always replay this clip as promo material on MSG and thus the call is permanently ingrained in my mind.)

11. What always blew my mind about Jim Abbott isn’t that he could play baseball with one hand, it’s that he was apparently a successful high school quarterback, too. Guy was just an athlete, regardless of the circumstances.

    Jim Abbott is proof that you shouldn’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. Find out for yourself.

12. I don’t care what anyone says, this is the most impressive athletic performance of all time

13. 👏

14. Amazing and inspirational effort!

15. Would do a better job throwing righty out of the pen than Devin

16. My first game ever.

    Been a fan ever since

17. It’s pretty crazy that 3 years later, they’d be on the brink of a championship and so much of the roster was completely turned over. It’s basically Boggs, O’Neil and Bernie and no one else on that ’96 team. Leyritz played 95 games, but very few of them as a catcher. Otherwise I don’t see any players who made it to 96.

18. His book is so good. He played QB in HS and was the punter: in a rainy game! Dude just got shit done.

19. This was the 2nd of four no hitters my grandfather attended in person (the others were Bob Feller’s Johan Santana’s and Chris Heston)

20. The strange thing is I remember reading a book about this guy and then writing a paper on him. And I’m a Cubs fan.