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FanGraphs Audio: Former Major Leaguer Jim Abbott!

by Carson Cistulli - October 11, 2012

Episode 258
David Laurila, curator of FanGraphs’ Q&A Series, talks with former major-league left-hander and co-author (with Yahoo’s Tim Brown) of a recently released autobiography, Jim Abbott.

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Audio after the jump. (Approximately 17 min. play time.)

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