Even in baseball, Michael Jordan had GOAT-level quotes 😂 Inside MJ's brief but promising baseball career:
He has made it very exciting tonight. With the Barons leading 5-1, Jordan steps in for the fourth time ... two of his three at-bats were near homers ... he skied deep to left center when he hit the ball to the wall in the fourth, and then in the sixth, Jordan pulled the ball a little bit more and missed by 2 feet ... Fly ball deep to left again, Ratliff going back, back to the warning track, looking up ...
And if you don't believe them, ask Tito."He had it all," Francona said one morning during spring training in Goodyear, Arizona."Ability, aptitude, work ethic. He was always so respectful of what we were doing and considerate of his teammates. Granted, he had a lot to learn. I remember once, we're up 11-0 against Chattanooga, and Michael doubles. Then he steals third! I'm pantomiming an apology to Pat Kelly, the other manager, and he's laughing.
In the Windy City Classic at Wrigley Field, Jordan singled, doubled and drove in two runs to help lift the White Sox to a 4-4, 10-inning tie with the rival Cubs. The standings that year also leave out a lot. They don't tell you that the '94 Barons had a miraculous season. "He worked his butt off, but he enjoyed himself and bonded with the team," said Curt Bloom, who has called Barons games for 27 seasons, of Jordan, center."I swear, he was going to the majors." But baseball is hard, and it was made even harder for Jordan by the winds of skepticism. That spring in Sarasota, as fans flocked to see him in a baseball uniform, trigger-happy judges rendered their verdicts. Seasoned ballplayers, journalists and traditionalists curled their lips.
Jordan also got a quick lesson in minor league life from Francona."He wanted to know if we flew between cities. I had to tell him that we rode buses. Birmingham to Orlando? 12 hours."
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