There may not have been a stranger cameo in professional baseball than the one that Michael Jordan had. Seemingly atop the NBA universe, and with the Bulls coming off a three-peat, Jordan shocked everyone when he abruptly retired. Even more surprising, Jordan headed to the diamond, spending the 1994 season with the Chicago White Sox AA team, the Birmingham Barons.
However, the White Sox were not the only team interested in bringing Jordan on board. While it was essentially a given that he would end up remaining in Chicago, Jordan’s agent, David Falk, reached out to other teams to attempt to get the best offer possible.