Someone has to be the first, but that wasn’t all former baseball player Jim Abbott was. Filmmaker Mike Farrell’s Southpaw—The Life and Legacy of Jim Abbott focuses on the September 4, 1993, no-hitter thrown by the New York Yankees pitcher against the Cleveland Indians, a day that became legendary among Yankees fans. For its deeply detailed, deeply human look at what Jim Abbott means to baseball and beyond, Southpaw—The Life and Legacy of Jim Abbott wins a Peabody Award.
In this exclusive Peabody Conversation, recorded backstage at the 86th Annual Peabody Awards, reporter Jeremy Schaap, director Mike Farrell, and the inspirational Jim Abbott himself, share details on the motivational influence of Abbott’s remarkable story and what it means to win a Peabody.
For more: https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/southpaw-the-life-and-legacy-of-jim-abbott/