[DOC] [TLE] Timeline - Jim Abbott [PAR] Became the first baseball player to win the AAU's Sullivan Award as the top ... 
The Sullivan, known as the "Oscar" of sports awards, and older than The ... 
Sullivan Award honors the outstanding amateur athlete in the United States. ... In 
August Jim carried the United States flag during the opening ceremonies at the 
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United States, becoming the first baseball player to win the award. ... Baseball 
was a demonstration sport in the 1988 Summer Olympics; Abbott pitched ... 
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the ... He has been featured in USA Today, Newsweek, Time, Sports Illustrated, 
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1987 he was named the best amateur athlete and the top amateur baseball ... 
and became the first U.S. pitcher to beat the Cuban national team in Cuba in 25 
years. .... For the year, his efforts earned him the Sullivan Award, being chosen 
over... [DOC] [TLE] Sullivan Award Goes to Pitcher Jim Abbott - latimes [PAR] Mar 8, 1988 ... Pitcher Jim Abbott, who was born without a right hand and became the first U.S. 
pitcher to beat Cuba in Cuba in 25 years, was named winner of Sullivan Award 
as the nation's top amateur athlete. ... was also named the country's outstanding 
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member of Team USA in 1987, Jim became the first American pitcher in 25 years 
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athlete ... Owens Athlete of the Year Award and was inducted into the Michigan 
Sports... [DOC] [TLE] March 8, 1988 - AMATEUR SPORTS | Chicago Tribune Archive [PAR] Mar 8, 1988 ... Abbott 20, University of Michigan junior from Flint became the first baseball 
player to win the award He pitched the baseball team to its first victory over 
Cuba's ... the 1987 Golden Spikes Award as the nation s top amateur baseball 
player ... Track and field athletes have dominated the Sullivan voting winning... [DOC] [TLE] Jim Abbott: Don't Listen To What You Can't Do | Novus Medical ... [PAR] Jul 27, 2016 ... Jim Abbott went on to a sterling amateur career, winning Olympic Gold and even 
... In 1987, while still in college, Abbot became the first baseball player ever to 
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the... [DOC] [TLE] Abbott Jim | Bio of Abbott Jim | AEI Speakers Bureau [PAR] He is unique as a sports speaker because his story, and the way he delivers it, 
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the United... [DOC] [TLE] Olympic Spotlight: Baseball's Mickey Morandini, Jim Abbott and ... [PAR] Aug 6, 2008 ... Indiana's

Question: In 1987 Jim Abbott became the 1st in this sport to win the Sullivan Award for amateur athletes
Answer: baseball