“Now batting for the White Sox, right fielder, No. 45, Michael Jordan!”
Can you hear Gene Honda’s voice echoing across the South Side, creating the same kind of iconic introduction that Ray Clay made for Jordan when he was playing for the Bulls?
We never got to find out if the greatest basketball player of all time was good enough to make the major leagues as a baseball player. After one season in the minor leagues, Jordan announced “I’m back” and returned to the NBA to win three more championships with the Bulls.
But everyone who was there when Jordan made the switch to baseball in 1994 has nothing but complimentary things to say about his work ethic and his drive to become as good a baseball player as he was a basketball player.