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How good was Jordan as baseball player?
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:48 pm
by lorak
I'm watching ESPN film "30 for 30: Jordan rides the Bulls" and I wonder how good as baseball player was Michael Jordan? I don't know nothing about baseball, never saw a baseball game, don't know rules, and the only player I know is Babe Ruth, so it would be nice if someone compare Jordan-baseball player to some basketball players.
Re: How god was Jordan as baseball player?
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:49 pm
by Esohny
Divine.
Re: How god was Jordan as baseball player?
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:50 pm
by basketball royalty
As god as it gets.
Re: How god was Jordan as baseball player?
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:50 pm
by darth_federer
Not very good. But I found it interesting that his manager was Terry Francona and hes now the manager of the Red Sox.
Re: How god was Jordan as baseball player?
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:52 pm
by Indy2thaWindy
darth_federer wrote:Not very good. But I found it interesting that his manager was Terry Francona and hes now the manager of the Red Sox.
What? You must never saw him play.
Esohny wrote:Divine.
Re: How god was Jordan as baseball player?
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:54 pm
by Wavy Q
He was awful.
Re: How god was Jordan as baseball player?
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:58 pm
by DRose4MVP
Every bit as good as he was at basketball. So 'how god was he'? He was god-like.
Re: How god was Jordan as baseball player?
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:01 pm
by lorak
Esohny wrote:Divine.
Ouh, sorry for typo.
Re: How god was Jordan as baseball player?
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:03 pm
by Stone
At 6'6 tall he had a hugh strike zone. He had a hard enough time against minor league pitchers. Pro pitchers would have picked him apart like childs play.
Re: How good was Jordan as baseball player?
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:03 pm
by NYK 455
About as good as Roger Mason or Keith Bogans is at basketball.
Re: How good was Jordan as baseball player?
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:06 pm
by dznutzz
he was secretly suspended from the nba for gambling and wanted to do something to save face/corporations sponsoring him. he wasn't that good.... never made it out of the minors
Re: How good was Jordan as baseball player?
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:07 pm
by Hendrix
He was the equivalent of some random bench warmer in the D league.
Re: How good was Jordan as baseball player?
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:09 pm
by darth_federer
He had a .202 batting average. Barely over the mendoza line.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minor ... rdan001mic
Re: How good was Jordan as baseball player?
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:11 pm
by Jersey Generals
Well, he was older than most minor leaguers and hadn't played baseball since he was a teenager. So...he wasn't good. He could have been, of course, had he gone with baseball rather than football, but I don't think he's sweating that choice.
An equivalent? A guy who doesn't get drafted in the draft, but makes a d-league team and shoots about 20% from the field.
Re: How good was Jordan as baseball player?
Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:53 pm
by EddieJonesFan
The thing with baseball is that it's such a skills oriented game that even the best athletes can easily flame out without even getting close to the majors.
Re: How good was Jordan as baseball player?
Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:59 pm
by malcrk
Can any of the older people share some of the reactions people had to Jordan leaving basketball to try his hand at baseball?
Re: How good was Jordan as baseball player?
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:04 am
by doozyj
I was old enough to remember and it was embarrassing for Jordan, heck I even felt embarrassed for him. Only reason he was playing with the Barons was because he was Michael Jordan, otherwise he could barely be a ball boy.
Re: How good was Jordan as baseball player?
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:13 am
by TheSituation
Jersey Generals wrote:Well, he was older than most minor leaguers and hadn't played baseball since he was a teenager. So...he wasn't good. He could have been, of course, had he gone with baseball rather than football, but I don't think he's sweating that choice.
An equivalent? A guy who doesn't get drafted in the draft, but makes a d-league team and shoots about 20% from the field.
This... Except the football part
Re: How good was Jordan as baseball player?
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:20 am
by a_sensei
Re: How good was Jordan as baseball player?
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:58 am
by craig01
NYK 455 wrote:About as good as Roger Mason or Keith Bogans is at basketball.
Not even.