How good was Jordan as baseball player?

lorak · Post #1 » by **lorak** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:48 pm

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.

Esohny · Post #2 » by **Esohny** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:49 pm

Divine.

basketball royalty · Post #3 » by **basketball royalty** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:50 pm

As god as it gets.

Post #4 » by **darth_federer** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:50 pm

Not very good. But I found it interesting that his manager was Terry Francona and hes now the manager of the Red Sox.

Indy2thaWindy · Post #5 » by **Indy2thaWindy** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:52 pm

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.

Wavy Q · Post #6 » by **Wavy Q** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:54 pm

He was awful.

DRose4MVP · Post #7 » by **DRose4MVP** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:58 pm

Every bit as good as he was at basketball. So 'how god was he'? He was god-like.

lorak · Post #8 » by **lorak** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:01 pm

Esohny wrote:Divine.

Ouh, sorry for typo.

Stone · Post #9 » by **Stone** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:03 pm

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.

NYK 455 · Post #10 » by **NYK 455** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:03 pm

About as good as Roger Mason or Keith Bogans is at basketball.

dznutzz · Post #11 » by **dznutzz** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:06 pm

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

Hendrix · Post #12 » by **Hendrix** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:07 pm

He was the equivalent of some random bench warmer in the D league.

Post #13 » by **darth_federer** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:09 pm

He had a .202 batting average. Barely over the mendoza line.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minor ... rdan001mic

Jersey Generals · Post #14 » by **Jersey Generals** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:11 pm

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.

EddieJonesFan · Post #15 » by **EddieJonesFan** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:53 pm

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.

malcrk · Post #16 » by **malcrk** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:59 pm

Can any of the older people share some of the reactions people had to Jordan leaving basketball to try his hand at baseball?

doozyj · Post #17 » by **doozyj** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:04 am

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.

TheSituation · Post #18 » by **TheSituation** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:13 am

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 :roll:

a_sensei · Post #19 » by **a_sensei** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:20 am

A basketball equivilant?

http://hoopedia.nba.com/index.php?title=Master_P

Post #20 » by **craig01** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:58 am

NYK 455 wrote:About as good as Roger Mason or Keith Bogans is at basketball.

Not even.