has now caught on among other farmers. in the spring, we plant. all right, outside we go to gretch and brian. >> thanks a lot. playing professional baseball is incredibly difficult even with two hands. imagine making it to the major league with one and being a pitcher. >> that's part of the extraordinary story of pitching icon jim abbott. he was born without a right hand but despite the deformity, he went on to play in the majors for a decade and achieving what many consider to be the impossible. >> and now he's sharing his journey in a new book called "imperfect, an improbable life" and jim abbott is our guest today. it's great to see him. brian, my husband was roommates with jim abbott at the university of michigan. they played on the baseball team together. you were a freshman and he was a senior. i won't take any responsibility for what happened. >> you should because he was great to me. casey was a wonderful teammate and one of my great affiliations in life at the university of michigan. >> he says the same about you. >> i was fascinated to find out what it was like growing up as jim abbott. in the beginning, they have to find out what's wrong with my son's arm and see if we can help