The fact he was able to even hit .200 after not playing for over a decade shows what an otherworldly athlete he was. Nobody else could have done that. I would be surprised if even the guys who were drafted to the MLB but chose another sport (Tom Brady, Kyler Murray, Russell Wilson etc) would be able to hit .200 in AA even just a few years removed from the game, let alone not playing since their Jr. year of HS over 10 years ago. And then once he proved he could do it he goes back to the NBA and doesn’t skip a beat, winning 3 straight rings again. He truly was unreal 🐐
@@decker528 His hand-eye co-ordination is otherworldly (would Kyrie be a good comparison?) and to take his ability on a basketball court would make that a transferable skill at home plate. I played both basketball and cricket at high school and that certainly translates, too.
Except others have. lol. Tebow hit .273 in AA.. He was a better minor league player than Jordan. Tebow to me had a better chance at making the big leagues, than Jordan, if he picked baseball as his sport. He had some power. Jordan didn't even have that.
No one else could have done that at the time, yeah. Tim Tebow later managed to do it; he had last played in high school himself. He relatively succeeded in AA, at least.
MJ was something to witness. I remember watching him return to basketball still wearing number 45 and people were wondering if he could possibly be as good as before he left to try baseball. He proceeded to score 55 points vs the Nicks at MSG! The man was unbelievable.
The story about Jordan not making his team in HS is technically true, but not how it's usually told. He didn't fail to make varsity. His school just didn't allow underclassmen to play on the varsity team, which was a common practice at the time.
I heard slightly differently. I remember reading that him and his 6 foot 8 friend (LeRoy Smith) tried out for varsity as sophomores. The varsity team had 1 open spot and chose Smith due to his height, as they needed another big man.
In Michael Jordan’s Playground they interviewed MJs “Highschool Coach” who was in fact an actor, and he heavily implied MJ did not play high school ball that year, which was not true. MJ got cut because they wanted a taller player.
Michael Jordan's history with baseball reminds me of Ken Griffey Sr. He grew up playing football, basketball, and running track, only playing baseball because he had the time. He favored football as his preferred sport and most of his friends thought it was the sport he was best at. But when he was about to graduate high school, he found out Ken Jr was on the way, so he had to take the fastest and most assured paycheck to support his new family, and that meant baseball's extensive minor league system. He wound up being pretty okay at baseball, too (although not nearly as good as his son), but it does kinda make one wonder if he'd pursued the sport everyone thought he was best at, what level of success could he have reached.
I guess people forgot baseball was the 1st sport he played because of his dad. Just like me i love basketball but baseball will forever be my favorite.
Fascinating. Hitting 200 at AA was amazing for not taking up a bat for over a decade. It shows how hard baseball is. I believe had he started at 18 he would have made the majors but he'd have been Omar Moreno, a great Speedster with very good defense but always having a little trouble with the batting average. But I think on some teams he could have hit leadoff, and Moreno was even the center field on a world champion. The difference is that Jordan's primary sport was one where he could easily lead a team to Greatness whereas in baseball, like Moreno, he would have had to have the right circumstances, but could have been part of a great team.
I got to see him play with the Birmingham Barons against the Chattanooga Outlooks. He hit his one and only triple that game. That’s the only time I ever got to see Jordan in person, in either sport. It’s mesmerizing just seeing him in videos. Imagine what it was like seeing the greatest basketball player of all time, playing your favorite sport. Shit was otherworldly. So glad I got to see a pice of history.
8:15 The article said "Michael Jordan has no more business patrolling the outfield for the White Sox than Minnie Miñoso has bringing the ball up court for the Bulls."
MJ wanting to play baseball was in a way an ad for baseball. Even the GOAT of the NBA really wants to be Henry Aaron. His struggles with it only remind us that baseball is not easy even for elite athletes. Though his sudden departure is a reminder of the mystery that is Michael Jordan. His attention span wanders. It worked out for the Bulls. It hasn't worked out since he bails on baseball, on the Wizards, on the Hornets.
@@pwx13 definitely a major difference. I'm not at a high level yet by any means but if I were to stop for 12 years and come back to the same level I'd probably shit myself. Jordan was elite.
Jordan did really well as a 30 year old dropped in AA who hadn't played baseball since High School. If he was drafted out of H.S. he would have eventually made it to the big leagues. He would've got the necessary repetitions to read the spin on the baseball. Plus tall lanky guys take a little longer to nail down the swing mechanics. But he's too gifted of an athlete. Even then his body is best suited for basketball... yeah, those huge hands of his.
I never knew the actual reason behind mj all of a sudden retiring to play baseball, only to go back to the nba. Always thought It was a knock against him, but thanks for explaining it, don’t think of it poorly now(not that it really matters)
One interesting moment was when Michael Jordan faced Damon Allen on the mound. Damon Allen was a very successful CFL and Cal State Fullerton QB (16th in Heisman voting) who is also the older but smaller if more athletic brother of Marcus Allen.
Heard the reason he actually switched was because he was actually gonna get suspended but the league didn’t wanna make it known so he left for a little
That’s 100% what happened and it is obvious to anyone with critical thinking skills. Nobody walks away from millions of dollars of salary being the best basketball player of all time so they can move to Birmingham and play for the Chicago white Sox minor league team. He got suspended but there was no chance in hell anyone could ever know he was gambling on games.
@@davis2k1234 none of that is relevant. The goal was to lie about it, to deceive the public, to make people believe that he absolutely was not being suspended for illegally gambling on his games.
@@tony-cl-303 I’m sure NBA viewership dropping drastically and sponsors spending less $$ after MJ retired didn’t concern the commissioner of the sport at all right? 🤡
@@tony-cl-303 And the conspiracy is MJ was gambling on everything not NBA related mostly Golf debts to shady people so even your dumb conspiracy theory is wrong
I don’t get why people meme on his baseball so much. Dude hadn’t played in over a decade, worked his ASS off, and showed improvements. Given his insane work ethic and ridiculous physical gifts I see no reason to doubt Terry saying with 1000 abs he could be a contributor.
He had exactly zero chance at the MLB level. The only reason he was out there, taking up minor league roster spots, was his name, and the idiots who went to games solely because of that name. Showed improvement? Sure he did, because the bar was so low. He hit .202 with no power at the AA level. He had no business playing AA. His skill level was closer to rookie ball. He did not have bat speed, whch he was not going to get. He had plus speed. He was able to steal bases, but not at an efficient level (60%). To be fair, though, that is something that I think would improve over time. Experience would lead to better reads on the pitcher. His fielding was poor, but that also would have gotten better.
@@bauerj3398 thanks for proving my point. First of all you clearly missed the part where it states he had above average bat speed, slightly longer swing but slightly higher bat speed. Why are people idiots for watching him play baseball? People are free to do what they want with their time. If that’s what they wanted to do, good for them. You must’ve missed the part where the majors were on strike, meaning no pro football, basketball, or baseball so why not watch him in AA. Hard work paired with physical gifts pays off. 1000 abs is a very long time. No one has ever said he would’ve been great, just that he could have made it.
Down vote for giving ANY credit to the bs gambling suspension. "Perhaps we will never know," dude 30 years later and no one has come out with any evidence. Just a stupid rumor started by scumbag journalists trying to make a name for themselves.
Hey man, great video. Just wanted to give some feedback: It would help if you voiced the commentary a bit stronger. Many times it sounds like you're on the brink of whispering and takes away from the professionalism of the video at times.
The difference of HS pitching and D1 or MLB is command and secondary pitches whoch is only honed at varsity HS / uni / minors (you can have velo but if command is iffy yll just walk batters or hang curves or misplace changeups)
Michael wasn't a good baseball player, that said, neither are most other .200 hitters in the Show and they play through, no shame for Jordan as it turns out, he was still one of the best athletes on any given ball field on any given day and should be respected for that.
Jordan's 1993 retirement and move to playing baseball were part of one of the biggest cover ups in sports history. It is tragically obvious that his father's murder was related to what was most likely a gambling related issue. My theory is that Jordan was approached by a shady character who asked him to help throw a series of Bulls games, perhaps a points shaving scheme. Whatever the case, Jordan refused and as a result, a hit was placed on his father. The NBA investigated and found evidence of the link between gambling and James Jordan's murder. The league also found evidence that Jordan was betting on NBA games he played in. The last thing they wanted was for their superstar to become the Pete Rose of basketball, so they came up with the retirement narrative to cover the 1-year suspension he was ordered to serve. He played baseball during this time to give the media and fans something else to focus on other than his odd retirement from the NBA. The is no other explanation for why he would retire after winning his 3rd championship. If anything, he would have vowed to continue and win a fourth for his fallen father. That is exactly what he would have done had the murder been a random occurrence and he was not being suspended due to his gambling problem.
Depression is an obvious explanation. The death of a loved one can cause emotional trauma and depression, especially a parent, and cause one to do many drastic things. Writing fanfic about things we don't know is kinda weird.
Im confused.... he threw out 2 runners even tho he couldnt get it second without bouncing it 4 times?! I cant believe thats how it went down sorry. Lol
Michael could have been a great baseball player, but not facing pitching for nine years puts a person too far behind to catch up to the majors. He had a choice - be great at hoops or baseball. But dominating both is just not in the works for anyone, no matter how gifted they are.
Michael Jordan was a very good baseball player. Any of you guys try hitting .200 in the minors. It's fucking hard, and he's not alone among minor leaguers, even athletic, gifted minor leaguers to wash out with a statline like that. Lucky for him he had some other talents though.
No he wasn't. There are prospects hitting .200 in AA who nobody even gives a shit about. You're only saying that about Jordan because he's one of the most famous and loved professional athletes in the history of American sports and he was held to a different Ata Dard because of that. Objectively, batting a .200 in AA isn't good for anybody.
@@attackthem8908 You're right. He's not "good" for the level of an MLB player. But that's the problem of our expectations, why should we expect him to be? Hitting a baseball against pro pitchers is a highly specialized skillset which takes years, even decades of practice. He was a serviceable minor leaguer, especially useful in the field and base path who hit .200 and earned a paycheck, even for a short time. That makes him way better than 99.5% of people in this comment thread, even some who tried to make the league. Let me put it this way. He's not CM Punk in MMA bad, as an example of a just downright embarrassing crossover athletics attempt. For anyone who knows how hard baseball is, knows that MJ didn't embarrass himself. But yeah, as I said before, lucky for him he had some other talents.
Obviously, when it's all boiled down, it's really just different people's differing opinions, so having said all that - there's no "arguably" about Jordan being the best there is/was/ever will be. Which, like I said, is just this 1 man's personal opinion. I'd also like to add that being 2nd to Jordan, and ahead of everyone else who ever laced em up in the NBA is definitely not taking anything away from just how great LeBron has been/is still. There was just something about Jordan being able to erase any doubt in so many basketball fans' (many being the fans of the opposing teams) minds of the Bulls having a chance at losing during their 2 three-peats.
MJ jumped into AA baseball after not playing for so long. If he had stuck with it he may have made it up to the bigs especially with how he trains. That’s phenomenal athleticism.
Nope, zero chance man. He was a really bad minor league player. It takes many, many, many years for guys to become major league players. Like literally, the best players, been practicing to get to that point all their life. And it's not like Jordan is blessed with Trout talent. If he stuck with baseball all his life, we will never know. Look at Tebow, he hit .200 pretty much from the start. Tried to stick with it and never it went anywhere. It was clear he couldn't play in the big leagues, ever. Same thing with MJ. He knew it, and went back to where he belonged. Baseball is not a sport anyone can just pick up after many years of not playing, and be great at it on major league level. Unless you're a pitcher, maybe. Even pitchers need years to develop pitches.
This was so wholesome. I was 11 in 1993 and Michael Jordan was a living God to me and my friends. Watching him not be an elite baseball player like he had been in Basketball was confusing to my young mind. It felt "right" when he went back to the Bulls.
No one ever puts it all together, the involvement of his father, gambling, the mafia and the nba wanting Michael to distract with his baseball. lol. A guy like Jordan doesn’t actually think he’ll be good at baseball. He’s but cut out for it at a professional level. Come on. He was humiliated on purpose and then allowed back into the fold. It’s a giant club people. Gamboling and sports.
Please Google names you don't know before you say them on a video. It may not be that important to most, but if you're going to do a video about a previous era, saying people's name correctly is the least you can do. I'm sure Dick Vitale would agree.
because Vitale has never gotten a player's name wrong or anything...Oh wait, he has, a lot. Almost like his job was to know the 10 guys on the court's names.
Jordan was finesse and perfect form. He did astounding things that took your breath away, Lebron is more like a robot. A very dominant robot. But he has zero finesse. I am not in awe when I watch Lebron
The ONLY REASON he played baseball is because he got caught up in the gambling scandal and he was suspended for a year from the NBA so what a great PR stunt.
No, he retired before the suspension hoax. It was just widely believed he'd get suspended because he owned the commissioner's team The Knicks. However, The NBA was never going to suspend its most popular player and the most popular player of all-time.
Jordan played Baseball because the NBA was going to suspend him for 2 years for his gambling problem. But he was their meal ticket so he said he was going to retire.
Michael Jordan got suspended from the NBA for gambling on games but the league couldn’t ruin his reputation as he’s obviously the biggest star in the games history. To stay in shape he played baseball. He didn’t just choose to stop dominating basketball in the middle of his prime and move to Birmingham to play minor league baseball lol
The fact he was able to even hit .200 after not playing for over a decade shows what an otherworldly athlete he was. Nobody else could have done that. I would be surprised if even the guys who were drafted to the MLB but chose another sport (Tom Brady, Kyler Murray, Russell Wilson etc) would be able to hit .200 in AA even just a few years removed from the game, let alone not playing since their Jr. year of HS over 10 years ago.
And then once he proved he could do it he goes back to the NBA and doesn’t skip a beat, winning 3 straight rings again. He truly was unreal 🐐
That's what I say too. There aren't many people who could go 12 years without playing and even have a chance of making contact with AA pitching
@@decker528 His hand-eye co-ordination is otherworldly (would Kyrie be a good comparison?) and to take his ability on a basketball court would make that a transferable skill at home plate. I played both basketball and cricket at high school and that certainly translates, too.
Except others have. lol. Tebow hit .273 in AA.. He was a better minor league player than Jordan. Tebow to me had a better chance at making the big leagues, than Jordan, if he picked baseball as his sport. He had some power. Jordan didn't even have that.
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No one else could have done that at the time, yeah. Tim Tebow later managed to do it; he had last played in high school himself. He relatively succeeded in AA, at least.
MJ was something to witness. I remember watching him return to basketball still wearing number 45 and people were wondering if he could possibly be as good as before he left to try baseball. He proceeded to score 55 points vs the Nicks at MSG! The man was unbelievable.
The story about Jordan not making his team in HS is technically true, but not how it's usually told. He didn't fail to make varsity. His school just didn't allow underclassmen to play on the varsity team, which was a common practice at the time.
Kind of a weird practice, if you're good, you should make the highest rank, right?
I heard slightly differently. I remember reading that him and his 6 foot 8 friend (LeRoy Smith) tried out for varsity as sophomores. The varsity team had 1 open spot and chose Smith due to his height, as they needed another big man.
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I got told by my basketball coach he didn't even make basketball team! thanks for teaching me this
In Michael Jordan’s Playground they interviewed MJs “Highschool Coach” who was in fact an actor, and he heavily implied MJ did not play high school ball that year, which was not true. MJ got cut because they wanted a taller player.
Michael Jordan's history with baseball reminds me of Ken Griffey Sr. He grew up playing football, basketball, and running track, only playing baseball because he had the time. He favored football as his preferred sport and most of his friends thought it was the sport he was best at.
But when he was about to graduate high school, he found out Ken Jr was on the way, so he had to take the fastest and most assured paycheck to support his new family, and that meant baseball's extensive minor league system. He wound up being pretty okay at baseball, too (although not nearly as good as his son), but it does kinda make one wonder if he'd pursued the sport everyone thought he was best at, what level of success could he have reached.
Id say he was a great player. Not a HOF player, but a great player who would be remembered much more strongly if his son wasn't an all time great
Jackie Robinson played other sports too before going to baseball.
I guess people forgot baseball was the 1st sport he played because of his dad. Just like me i love basketball but baseball will forever be my favorite.
I guess you forget Jordan sucked at baseball
Same here. I love both but my favorite is soccer because i played the sport at a decent competition level and it's the sport i grew up with.
@hashmoncrief6965 he didn't suck. He just needed time to develop, and he never had that.
Fascinating. Hitting 200 at AA was amazing for not taking up a bat for over a decade. It shows how hard baseball is. I believe had he started at 18 he would have made the majors but he'd have been Omar Moreno, a great Speedster with very good defense but always having a little trouble with the batting average. But I think on some teams he could have hit leadoff, and Moreno was even the center field on a world champion. The difference is that Jordan's primary sport was one where he could easily lead a team to Greatness whereas in baseball, like Moreno, he would have had to have the right circumstances, but could have been part of a great team.
I got to see him play with the Birmingham Barons against the Chattanooga Outlooks. He hit his one and only triple that game. That’s the only time I ever got to see Jordan in person, in either sport. It’s mesmerizing just seeing him in videos. Imagine what it was like seeing the greatest basketball player of all time, playing your favorite sport. Shit was otherworldly. So glad I got to see a pice of history.
Only reason I knew he played baseball is because of space jam
Classic documentary
@@coolbreeze4249100% realistic
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8:15 The article said "Michael Jordan has no more business patrolling the outfield for the White Sox than Minnie Miñoso has bringing the ball up court for the Bulls."
Absolutely love your channel. Keep up the great work!
I heard that M.J. majored in Geology. Shine on, you crazy diamond.
MJ wanting to play baseball was in a way an ad for baseball. Even the GOAT of the NBA really wants to be Henry Aaron. His struggles with it only remind us that baseball is not easy even for elite athletes. Though his sudden departure is a reminder of the mystery that is Michael Jordan. His attention span wanders. It worked out for the Bulls. It hasn't worked out since he bails on baseball, on the Wizards, on the Hornets.
He didn't play since high school, so Jordan wasn't bad. Not a pro but not bad. 12 years off obviously would derail anyone
@@pwx13 12 years without playing would demolish me bro
@imperialsith7823 those triple a and double a players are professionals though, major difference
@@pwx13 definitely a major difference. I'm not at a high level yet by any means but if I were to stop for 12 years and come back to the same level I'd probably shit myself. Jordan was elite.
@@imperialsith7823 I agree. Jordan was awesome
This is another reason he's the GOAT, leaving basketball but being able to comeback and three-peat like nothing happened.
By that logic Bo Jackson and Deion sanders are the greatest of all time
@@WarhammerEnjoyerare you just stupid or really stupid? What a dumb take 😂.
@@WarhammerEnjoyerthat was not the same logic at all lmao
@@WarhammerEnjoyerBo and Deion also took a 1.5 year break and came back the best player in their league?
@@WarhammerEnjoyeryeah all those three peats Bo and Deion had. wtf logic are you speaking of
Jordan did really well as a 30 year old dropped in AA who hadn't played baseball since High School. If he was drafted out of H.S. he would have eventually made it to the big leagues. He would've got the necessary repetitions to read the spin on the baseball. Plus tall lanky guys take a little longer to nail down the swing mechanics. But he's too gifted of an athlete. Even then his body is best suited for basketball... yeah, those huge hands of his.
I never knew the actual reason behind mj all of a sudden retiring to play baseball, only to go back to the nba. Always thought It was a knock against him, but thanks for explaining it, don’t think of it poorly now(not that it really matters)
One interesting moment was when Michael Jordan faced Damon Allen on the mound. Damon Allen was a very successful CFL and Cal State Fullerton QB (16th in Heisman voting) who is also the older but smaller if more athletic brother of Marcus Allen.
Damon Allen one of the great QBd of any league
Heard the reason he actually switched was because he was actually gonna get suspended but the league didn’t wanna make it known so he left for a little
That was debunked by the commissioner.
That’s 100% what happened and it is obvious to anyone with critical thinking skills. Nobody walks away from millions of dollars of salary being the best basketball player of all time so they can move to Birmingham and play for the Chicago white Sox minor league team. He got suspended but there was no chance in hell anyone could ever know he was gambling on games.
@@davis2k1234 none of that is relevant. The goal was to lie about it, to deceive the public, to make people believe that he absolutely was not being suspended for illegally gambling on his games.
@@tony-cl-303 I’m sure NBA viewership dropping drastically and sponsors spending less $$ after MJ retired didn’t concern the commissioner of the sport at all right? 🤡
@@tony-cl-303 And the conspiracy is MJ was gambling on everything not NBA related mostly Golf debts to shady people so even your dumb conspiracy theory is wrong
Another amazing video! Keep up the engaging and educational content! 😊
Wayne Gretzky wanted to play baseball too.
I wish more people knew about Chuck Connors who did MLB, NBA, and had a 40 year acting career.
I don’t get why people meme on his baseball so much. Dude hadn’t played in over a decade, worked his ASS off, and showed improvements.
Given his insane work ethic and ridiculous physical gifts I see no reason to doubt Terry saying with 1000 abs he could be a contributor.
He had exactly zero chance at the MLB level. The only reason he was out there, taking up minor league roster spots, was his name, and the idiots who went to games solely because of that name. Showed improvement? Sure he did, because the bar was so low. He hit .202 with no power at the AA level. He had no business playing AA. His skill level was closer to rookie ball. He did not have bat speed, whch he was not going to get. He had plus speed. He was able to steal bases, but not at an efficient level (60%). To be fair, though, that is something that I think would improve over time. Experience would lead to better reads on the pitcher. His fielding was poor, but that also would have gotten better.
@@bauerj3398 thanks for proving my point.
First of all you clearly missed the part where it states he had above average bat speed, slightly longer swing but slightly higher bat speed.
Why are people idiots for watching him play baseball? People are free to do what they want with their time. If that’s what they wanted to do, good for them. You must’ve missed the part where the majors were on strike, meaning no pro football, basketball, or baseball so why not watch him in AA.
Hard work paired with physical gifts pays off. 1000 abs is a very long time. No one has ever said he would’ve been great, just that he could have made it.
I think I was the one who gave him the idea for this video. I told him to do it on a community post he made. Great video btw!
Interesting video reminded me of Usain Bolt's Experience playing football
Top notch content brother, thank you & keep it up 💪
your vids are always instant clicks for me, gg
Great take man. This was a banger.
Down vote for giving ANY credit to the bs gambling suspension. "Perhaps we will never know," dude 30 years later and no one has come out with any evidence. Just a stupid rumor started by scumbag journalists trying to make a name for themselves.
Hey man, great video. Just wanted to give some feedback: It would help if you voiced the commentary a bit stronger. Many times it sounds like you're on the brink of whispering and takes away from the professionalism of the video at times.
Jordan was a great baseball player.
Why didn't he try pitching???
The difference of HS pitching and D1 or MLB is command and secondary pitches whoch is only honed at varsity HS / uni / minors (you can have velo but if command is iffy yll just walk batters or hang curves or misplace changeups)
Michael wasn't a good baseball player, that said, neither are most other .200 hitters in the Show and they play through, no shame for Jordan as it turns out, he was still one of the best athletes on any given ball field on any given day and should be respected for that.
He should've never left basketball.
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MJ is the GOAT of ALL sports.
Messi and Ronaldo better. Hell even Gareth Bale
@NoOneTroll Gareth bale is nonsense
He only played in the major league of one sport, so no, that's not how that works.
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He’s no Prime Time that’s for sure 🤷🏾♂️🫣
Sports Illustrated took the L on that report. How does it feel to NEVER have the opportunity to have an interview with the GOAT? BAAAAHAHAHAHA
Jordan's 1993 retirement and move to playing baseball were part of one of the biggest cover ups in sports history. It is tragically obvious that his father's murder was related to what was most likely a gambling related issue. My theory is that Jordan was approached by a shady character who asked him to help throw a series of Bulls games, perhaps a points shaving scheme. Whatever the case, Jordan refused and as a result, a hit was placed on his father. The NBA investigated and found evidence of the link between gambling and James Jordan's murder. The league also found evidence that Jordan was betting on NBA games he played in. The last thing they wanted was for their superstar to become the Pete Rose of basketball, so they came up with the retirement narrative to cover the 1-year suspension he was ordered to serve. He played baseball during this time to give the media and fans something else to focus on other than his odd retirement from the NBA.
The is no other explanation for why he would retire after winning his 3rd championship. If anything, he would have vowed to continue and win a fourth for his fallen father. That is exactly what he would have done had the murder been a random occurrence and he was not being suspended due to his gambling problem.
Depression is an obvious explanation. The death of a loved one can cause emotional trauma and depression, especially a parent, and cause one to do many drastic things.
Writing fanfic about things we don't know is kinda weird.
On the dot
Im confused.... he threw out 2 runners even tho he couldnt get it second without bouncing it 4 times?! I cant believe thats how it went down sorry. Lol
Jordan (to everyone talking trash): Anybody in this ENTIRE stadium wanna play basketball later? My treat.
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Michael could have been a great baseball player, but not facing pitching for nine years puts a person too far behind to catch up to the majors. He had a choice - be great at hoops or baseball. But dominating both is just not in the works for anyone, no matter how gifted they are.
Jokes on you, Micheal Jordan was a basketball player not a baseball player, famously even.
obviously
Michael Jordan was a very good baseball player. Any of you guys try hitting .200 in the minors. It's fucking hard, and he's not alone among minor leaguers, even athletic, gifted minor leaguers to wash out with a statline like that.
Lucky for him he had some other talents though.
No he wasn't. There are prospects hitting .200 in AA who nobody even gives a shit about. You're only saying that about Jordan because he's one of the most famous and loved professional athletes in the history of American sports and he was held to a different Ata Dard because of that.
Objectively, batting a .200 in AA isn't good for anybody.
@@attackthem8908 You're right. He's not "good" for the level of an MLB player. But that's the problem of our expectations, why should we expect him to be? Hitting a baseball against pro pitchers is a highly specialized skillset which takes years, even decades of practice. He was a serviceable minor leaguer, especially useful in the field and base path who hit .200 and earned a paycheck, even for a short time. That makes him way better than 99.5% of people in this comment thread, even some who tried to make the league.
Let me put it this way. He's not CM Punk in MMA bad, as an example of a just downright embarrassing crossover athletics attempt. For anyone who knows how hard baseball is, knows that MJ didn't embarrass himself. But yeah, as I said before, lucky for him he had some other talents.
Obviously, when it's all boiled down, it's really just different people's differing opinions, so having said all that - there's no "arguably" about Jordan being the best there is/was/ever will be. Which, like I said, is just this 1 man's personal opinion. I'd also like to add that being 2nd to Jordan, and ahead of everyone else who ever laced em up in the NBA is definitely not taking anything away from just how great LeBron has been/is still. There was just something about Jordan being able to erase any doubt in so many basketball fans' (many being the fans of the opposing teams) minds of the Bulls having a chance at losing during their 2 three-peats.
MJ jumped into AA baseball after not playing for so long. If he had stuck with it he may have made it up to the bigs especially with how he trains. That’s phenomenal athleticism.
Nope, zero chance man. He was a really bad minor league player. It takes many, many, many years for guys to become major league players. Like literally, the best players, been practicing to get to that point all their life. And it's not like Jordan is blessed with Trout talent. If he stuck with baseball all his life, we will never know. Look at Tebow, he hit .200 pretty much from the start. Tried to stick with it and never it went anywhere. It was clear he couldn't play in the big leagues, ever. Same thing with MJ. He knew it, and went back to where he belonged. Baseball is not a sport anyone can just pick up after many years of not playing, and be great at it on major league level. Unless you're a pitcher, maybe. Even pitchers need years to develop pitches.
This was so wholesome. I was 11 in 1993 and Michael Jordan was a living God to me and my friends. Watching him not be an elite baseball player like he had been in Basketball was confusing to my young mind. It felt "right" when he went back to the Bulls.
No one ever puts it all together, the involvement of his father, gambling, the mafia and the nba wanting Michael to distract with his baseball. lol. A guy like Jordan doesn’t actually think he’ll be good at baseball. He’s but cut out for it at a professional level. Come on. He was humiliated on purpose and then allowed back into the fold. It’s a giant club people. Gamboling and sports.
Except when was the humiliation?
Please Google names you don't know before you say them on a video. It may not be that important to most, but if you're going to do a video about a previous era, saying people's name correctly is the least you can do. I'm sure Dick Vitale would agree.
because Vitale has never gotten a player's name wrong or anything...Oh wait, he has, a lot. Almost like his job was to know the 10 guys on the court's names.
Chiiiilllll, it's not that serious. This is RUclips, not the Nuremberg trials
Hes no Bo
You can't help but wonder what he could have done if he stuck with baseball
You can say Lebra is better all you want.
MJs talent and attitude is by far more iconic than Lebra will ever be.
Jordan was finesse and perfect form. He did astounding things that took your breath away, Lebron is more like a robot. A very dominant robot. But he has zero finesse. I am not in awe when I watch Lebron
The ONLY REASON he played baseball is because he got caught up in the gambling scandal and he was suspended for a year from the NBA so what a great PR stunt.
least schizo suspension theory believer
Don't believe everything you hear,zero evidence
No, he retired before the suspension hoax. It was just widely believed he'd get suspended because he owned the commissioner's team The Knicks. However, The NBA was never going to suspend its most popular player and the most popular player of all-time.
David Stern got on his hands and knees and begged MJ not to retire in 1993 and 1998
Jordan played Baseball because the NBA was going to suspend him for 2 years for his gambling problem. But he was their meal ticket so he said he was going to retire.
Source?
MJ wouldn’t stand a chance in today NBA, not because of skill, but due to gambling. He didn’t retire, he was suspended for gambling.
Michael Jordan got suspended from the NBA for gambling on games but the league couldn’t ruin his reputation as he’s obviously the biggest star in the games history. To stay in shape he played baseball. He didn’t just choose to stop dominating basketball in the middle of his prime and move to Birmingham to play minor league baseball lol
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His baseball career is so laughable
Like the old saying goes .....Nope
He left basketball cuz he was caught gambling
Where is the evidence ,and if that was the case wouldn't he lay low instead of going to baseball and being the centre of attention .Does not add up