It’s been 25 years since Michael Jordan stepped away from basketball and played minor league baseball.
Steve Wolf wrote a detailed retrospective for ESPN and it featured some classic MJ stories. From teammates, coaches and broadcasters, they all had good things to say about Jordan’s work ethic in his one season with the Birmingham Barons.
However, the fun stuff is in Jordan’s competitive streak. For one, Terry Francona, who was the Barons’ manager that season, told a story about Jordan doubling and then stealing third up with the Barons up 11-0.
“I'm pantomiming an apology to Pat Kelly, the other manager, and he's laughing,” Francona said.