Video: Michael Jordan Knocks Two RBI At Wrigley Field
“Michael Jordan, baseball player,” is an idea that will never, ever make sense. You’ve had over 15 years to stew on it, but whenever you’re reminded that the greatest basketball player of all time ditched the sport in favor of a game that could not possibly be more different, you still laugh about it. I realize that “Isn’t it WEIRD that Michael Jordan played baseball?” is a pretty worn-out trope, but video of Jordan playing baseball is relatively rare. Which is why this recently-uploaded video is such a treasure. Skip to about 5:50 to see him smack an RBI double at Wrigley Field against Dave Otto, who had a 3.80 ERA for the Cubs that year.
Not only is he playing baseball, he’s playing on the major-league White Sox against the Cubs (albeit in an exhibition game). He’s in the lineup with guys like Frank Thomas and Robin Ventura (the graphic at 4:10 is just surreal). And amazingly, he goes 2-for-5 with two RBI, the second of which tied the score. For the longest time, all I remembered about Jordan’s baseball career is that he played in the minors, bought his team a bus, hit .202, and quit. I didn’t remember him actually doing anything on the diamond.
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