“The Last Dance,” ESPN’s documentary about Michael Jordan, recently chronicled his year in baseball.
After temporarily retiring from basketball, he spent the 1994 spring training with the Chicago White Sox in Sarasota, Fla., then played for the Class AA Birmingham Barons. He also played in the 1994 Arizona Fall League, giving a massive boost to the league’s popularity.
How hagiographic is “The Last Dance”? It portrays Jordan as a promising baseball player.
He wasn’t.
But he did posterize two Minnesota Twins.
In spring training, Jordan was 0-for-12 before getting his first hit, off Twins prospect Jeff Innis.