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One-handed pitch: Flint, Mich., star high school pitcher Jim Abbott, who was born without a right hand, has been drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays. Abb(...)
One-handed pitch: Flint, Mich., star high school pitcher Jim Abbott, who was born without a right hand, has been drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays. Abb(...)

One-handed pitch: Flint, Mich., star high school pitcher Jim Abbott, who was born without a right hand, has been drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays. Abb(...)

Date6/7/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: One-handed pitch: Flint, Mich., star high school pitcher Jim Abbott, who was born without a right hand, has been drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays. Abbott, 17, had 148 strike-outs in 73.3 innings pitched last season - an average of two an inning.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0028593F
      Newest Blue Jay: Gary Lavelle, a left-handed, born-again relief pitcher recently acquired from San Francisco, gets some tips at a media lunch yesterday from jays pitching coach Al Widmar
      Newest Blue Jay: Gary Lavelle, a left-handed, born-again relief pitcher recently acquired from San Francisco, gets some tips at a media lunch yesterday from jays pitching coach Al Widmar
      Griffin, Doug
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      Practise makes imperfect: Blue Jays relief pitcher Jerry Garvin goes through a whole shopping cart of baseballs as he works on his feared (by Blue Jays) home run pitch
      Garvin, Jerry, 1955-
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      Big man for Jays: 6-foot 6-inch pitcher Colin McLaughlin, 20, is blue Jays' first choice in the draft of college and high school players
      Cooper, David
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      Oh, that Clancy! For pitcher Jim Clancy of the Blue Jays, whose strong right arm fashioned the 5-0 whitewash of the Orioles, the victory was a long ti(...)
      Oh, that Clancy! For pitcher Jim Clancy of the Blue Jays, whose strong right arm fashioned the 5-0 whitewash of the Orioles, the victory was a long ti(...)
      Clancy, Jim, 1955-
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      Nice work: Blue Jays' manager Bobby Mattick has a congratulatory pat for pitcher Dave Stieb, who got back in the groove with a five-hit win over Cleveland Indians last night at Exhibition Stadium
      Darrell, Dick
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      Hear this: His rookie year behind him, Blue Jays' manager Bobby Mattick lectures two men who figure high in his plans for the 1981 season, outfielder Barry Bonnell (middle) and pitcher Jackson Todd
      Bull, Ron
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      Aquino, Luis
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      Abbott, Jim
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      Choking up is supposed to be bad for an athlete, but in Alfredo Griffin's case, moving his hands from bottom picture to the circle at top has made him the one bright spot in Blue Jays cloudy picture
      Choking up is supposed to be bad for an athlete, but in Alfredo Griffin's case, moving his hands from bottom picture to the circle at top has made him the one bright spot in Blue Jays cloudy picture
      Griffin, Alfredo
      5/29/1979
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      Dennis Lamp: Enough of such puns as new star in the filament for new Blue Jays pitcher.
      Bull, Ron
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