Michael Jordan once scored two Chicago White Sox stars in uneven basketball games, but that didn’t matter.
There is an old saying that hitting baseball from an MLB pitcher is the most difficult thing in professional sports and it is hard to resist. The pitch tops out in three times the digits, with a big move on them, reaching the plate in just 0.5 seconds.
Suddenly, it doesn’t seem that difficult for Victor Wenbagnama to hit the 3-pointer as he closes you out.
Michael Jordan famously played both sports, but he dominated hardwoods. He played minor league baseball for the Minor League Baron Birmingham in 1994, and although not frightening, he was by no means a star. It was mainly a publicity stunt, but he hit .202 and hit three home runs, but he’s still very impressive, even if he’s surrounded by better players.
Jordan managed to catch up with Diamond, but a well-known story recently suggests that his advantage in the basketball courts has not been called into question.
Both the Chicago Bulls and White Sox have long been owned by Jerry Reindolph, and the two teams are linked to the business world. Under Reinsdorf, the Bulls had six NBA Finals in the name, and the White Sox won the World Series, but neither team could return to the top since the 1990s and peaks in 2005.
When pinning for a better day, names like Jordan, Pippen, Rodman, Frank Thomas, Tim Reigns, Ozzy Gillen come to mind.
In the 90s, the Bulls and White Sox had friendly contests.
“They challenged MJ to Ozzie (Guillen) and Joey (Cora) 2-on-1,” former White Sox catcher AJ Pierzynski said.
“And MJ said, ‘Really?’ And I think he found them 10. They played at 11.
“He found him 10… MJ, I think, gave Ozzy and Joey 10 points, but they still lost.”
Pierzynski was telling the story to Justyn-Henry Malloy, a young outfielder for the Detroit Tigers, whose Cora serves as 3 base coach.
The NBA world appears to have been consumed by simple debates over the past few seasons. Who is the best player ever?
For decades, Jordan was the only crowned, but now LeBron James has a group of supporter voices, with fans splitting up by two. With James and young fans, it seems to be generational.
“There’s always been a discussion of Jordan LeBron, right?” Malloy said. “So personally, I’m a LeBron guy. I grew up watching LeBron. I know it rubs people the wrong way, Z, Gen X, etc.”
At the Tigers’ clubhouse, debate was furious and Cora defended his one-off rival.
“Joey will protect Michael Jordan until he dies,” Malloy continued. “So now I got it because he bent him a bit and smacked him when it was one bucket that he needed to score. So now I got it.
Jordan was able to hit his fair share from professional pitchers, but the MLB player couldn’t do much against him.