Jim Abbott

1. Steve has an uncle named Jim. It's his dad's brother. He is a really friendly guy and knows lots of people around town. Whenever someone asks "Are you related to ....?" They almost always say Jim.

2. There is a baseball player named Jim Abbott. Steve tells me that he is a one armed pitcher. He hasn't played in a few years, but he would pitch with his one arm while his mitt was under his arm and then slip the mitt back on to catch.

Today I go to sign Kyle up for baseball. Steve is working so I have to take all the kids. They are doing it at some batting cages so the kids are entertained. I couldn't find the paperwork online, so I had to fill some stuff out while holding Brandon. I writing and scanning and writing and scanning. See the pattern? I start moving from table to table. Show my proof of residency, birth certificate that kind of stuff. The man helping me asks if we are related to Jim Abbott? Yes I say. Scanning. He's my husband's uncle, really nice guy. Really? he says. I'm thinking he's pretty impressed. But I am preoccupied with keeping tabs on the kids. I don't go into anymore detail. He tells me to go to the next table. The kids come and join me. I over hear him telling the other men...Yeah, It's her husband's uncle. Then it's clicking that we are not taking about the same Jim Abbott. He clearly is referring to Jim number 2.

Still not knowing of the existence of Jim the basball player, I call Steve and he educates me. I tell him the story and he cannot stop laughing. In my defense he is not a super well known athlete. He says don't tell anyone that story. Why not??? I don't follow baseball.

So The man at the baseball signups thinks that we are related to Jim Abbott. We are just not the famous one!