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- Updated: August 4, 2016
Monica Abbott has celebrated a lot of good news lately.
In May, the superstar softball pitcher signed the first $1 million contract in the history of National Professional Fastpitch (NPF). And on Wednesday, the International Olympic Committee executive board voted to bring softball (and baseball) back to the Summer Games in 2020, for the first time since ’08.
On Wednesday night, Abbott was at Minute Maid Park in Houston, where she joined Robert Ford and Steve Sparks for an interview during the Astros radio broadcast on 790-AM KBME. Abbott, who now pitches for the Houston-area Scrap Yard Dawgs of the NPF, discussed the Olympic news, her historic contract and more, as the Astros took on the visiting Blue Jays.
The last time softball was part of the Summer Games, in Beijing in 2008, Abbott threw the first perfect game in Olympic history and helped Team USA to a silver medal. With the ’16 Games beginning in Brazil, Abbott is thrilled to have her sport headed toward a return in Tokyo four years from now.
“Given that this left arm stays healthy, then I sure hope [to compete],” said Abbott, who …
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