Michael Jordan , as the undisputed god of basketball, the most legendary experience is that he retired at the peak and won three consecutive championships when he came back. When I retired for the first time and went to play baseball, it is also a topic that people often talk about. How good is Jordan's baseball level? What level of league is he playing? In addition to Jordan, which other NBA players have played crossovers? What level have they reached?
0Birmingham Baron, the first baseball team that Jordan joined, is an AA minor league team affiliated to the Chicago White Sox. The big boss of the White Sox is exactly the same as the boss of the Bulls , Jerry Reinsdorf.
Reinsdorf understood from the very beginning that Jordan, who retired at the age of 30, could not stay away from basketball just now, and he would come back sooner or later. But the current baseball dream still needs to be fulfilled first, and at the same time comforted Jordan's heart of losing his father. On the other hand, he has not discussed the purchase of the remaining contract with Jordan so that he will return to the Bulls once he returns. If you want to play and realize your dreams, the boss will set up a platform for you; if you want to make a comeback one day, you can't run away, right? Jordan's later choice was indeed as his boss wished, and he won another three consecutive championships.
So how high is Jordan's baseball level? The highest level minor league under MLB is AAA, which can be compared to NBDL; Jordan plays for AA, and his level is lower. Throughout the 1994 season, Jordan played 127 times for the Barons, hitting 88 hits, including 21 long hits, 3 home runs, and 114 strikeouts, totaling 51 RBIs, with a batting average of 0.202.
What is this concept? To put it simply, 50 RBIs and 0.2 batting averages are the bottom limit of a qualified player, while 3 home runs are not qualified. In other words, even in the AA minor league, Jordan is at best just barely able to make a living. Usually, I sit on the end of the bench and serve tea and water to the team bosses. There is a danger of being laid off at any time - considering that he is already 31 years old. Of course, if he is not called Michael Jordan .
But there is never only one set of rules for the operation of the world. All of these scenarios cannot appear in Jordan because he is Jordan. Time flips back to the spring of 1994, Jordan joined the White Sox training camp, and the major league teams said that the team's training had never been watched by so many people.
The White Sox's main shortstop Oz Gillen publicly complained to the photographer, taking up to four set-up photos of the most famous players in the team, but Jordan took 45 photos in one breath. This is even more true for the audience on the sidelines. As long as it is Jordan's turn to appear, there will be a tsunami immediately. As for his performance, no one seems to care about it. Even if the team's ace pitcher appears, there will be only a sparse applause when making wonderful shots.
Some people also said that since Jordan joined, many journalists, fans, and even players in the team have become less concerned about the team's training, and are immersed in the star-chasing atmosphere of "Jordan is by my side" all day long. Jordan, who is a gambler by nature, often plays with a group of young people in the training game, which makes the old people in the team not very accustomed to him.
Do you still remember the plot at the beginning of "Slam Dunk"? When it was Jordan's turn to hit, the opponent's catcher behind him was actually guiding Jordan to play the pitcher's goal, just to get Jordan's signature photo after the game. With his opponent so undercover, Jordan was still struck out. When he was about to leave, the opponent's catcher comforted him not to be discouraged, and he reminded him to take a photo after the game. In reality, Jordan's baseball career is not far away even if he is not successful.
When the spring training camp ended, Jordan was not selected for the first-line team of the White Sox, but was transferred to the Barons with a monthly salary of 850 and a daily meal fee of $16. But Jordan did not often do special treatment and swallowed it like a simple meal. The only thing that dissatisfied with Jordan was the team's broken bus. So Jordan paid for the team out of his own pocket to rent a luxury bus equipped with a car TV.
PS: The reason why Jordan cares so much about classic cars has a lot to do with his father's experience.James Jordan It was in the middle of the night that the car could not be started, so he temporarily leaned against the side of the road to take a nap, so he was targeted by two idle personnel and eventually suffered misfortune.
For teammates with annual salary of only tens of thousands or tens of thousands of dollars, Jordan's generousness is more than that. In addition to long-term chartered buses, Jordan will also book high-end hotels for the team at his own expense when playing away games. Another time, Jordan shot an advertisement for a local car dealer and received a Mustang. He turned around and asked the young people in the team to take it for a drive in turn.
The substitute catcher Nunez in the team is a Dominican and has poor English proficiency. Jordan not only took his spare time to tutor him, but even used a reward of $100 per time to promote him to master various baseball terms as soon as possible.
As we all know, Jordan left the NBA for the second time after a big shutdown. Coincidentally, the beginning of his comeback experience happened to be triggered by another shutdown. On August 12, 1994, the MLB began its worst strike in history, which ended until April 2 of the following year, lasting 232 days. This suspension caused MLB to be seriously damaged, and the number of fans dropped sharply. Baseball's popularity in the United States was overtaken by basketball, and it has not recovered its glory until now.
As its minor league team, the Barons of Birmingham also fell into a halt. Jordan joined the Scottsdale Scorpions in Arizona in the fall and played some games (the nature is similar to the summer league, only players with less than one year of MLB are allowed to participate), but still performed mediocrely.
Don’t underestimate the Scorpion Team. In addition to Jordan, former NFL All-Star player Tim Tebow also played tickets on this inconspicuous small team in 2016. The team's celebrities even include industry leaders. The legendary superstar Derek Jeter, who has played for Yankees for 20 years, also experienced and upgraded here before entering the major leagues. Coincidentally, it was also in 1994. During the strike of the players, Jordan participated in two major basketball-related events: in August he participated in the charity competition organized by Pippen and scored the highest score in the game; in November, he attended the inauguration ceremony of the Bulls' new home court, the United Center Arena, and the unveiling of his own bronze statue at the entrance of the stadium. The seeds of returning to the basketball world were also sown in Jordan's heart at that time.
Finally, on March 10, 1995, seeing that the MLB suspension ended in a long time, after a week of spring training, Jordan announced the end of his baseball career. Eight days later, wearing an I’m back T-shirt, Flyingman embarked on the most legendary comeback journey in sports history.
As one of the former successors of Jordan, Meddy also practiced the idol's side job with his own hands. After tasting the bitterness of the finals defeat in 2013, McGrady officially bid farewell to the basketball court. Next year, McGrady announced that he would follow Jordan's footsteps and pursue his childhood baseball dream. He chose the Sugarland Mosquitoes in the Independent Little League and became a pitcher.
Unfortunately, McGrady's baseball level is even more clumsy than Jordan. Even so, with the NBA's superstar status, McGrady actually made it to this minor league All-star starter and had a highlight of strikeout. After the game, McGrady announced her withdrawal from the baseball world. Compared to Jordan, who was still training hard and participating in the competition for one season, McGrady's playing nature is more obvious.
2001 NFL Draft, born in Newport, Virginia, black star quarterback Michael Vick was the first to be selected. When the reporter asked him if he was the best quarterback from Newport, the new No. 1 pick replied that the best quarterback from Newport has come out is not in the NFL, he is the NBA MVP.
That's right, this four-time All-Star's quarterback who is better than him is the Allen Iverson , who was at the peak of his career. In Bethel High School, Iverson is not only the core point guard of the basketball team, but also serves as the main quarterback in the football team. He can also play a guest role in running back, return offense and defense and even defend the defense team safety.
In the third year of high school, Iverson fought on two fronts, leading the school team to win basketball and football state championships respectively, and won the Associated Press's best high school student of the year - basketball and football, which was unprecedented. Unfortunately, Iverson was then sentenced to jail for being involved in a fight involving race.Despite being released four months later due to insufficient evidence, Iverson could only complete his final year at Richard Milburn High School, full of problematic students.
Although he gave up football due to injury in college, the answer is undoubtedly a double-produced star in his student days. Perhaps it was the tempering of rugby that this little man was extremely durable. He has been leading the league in eight seasons, averaging 41 minutes in his career and more than 45 minutes in the playoffs, which is a "astronomical" of modern basketball.
LeBron·James was another student-study rugby and basketball. At St. Vincent -St. Mary's High School, LeBron served as a quarterback in the school football team in his first grade and changed to a wide receiver in his second grade. Perhaps his outstanding vision and long pass, as well as his historically-level fast attack finishing ability, were the foundations laid separately in those two years.
NBA's most successful crossover is Celtics legend Danny Angie . He was selected by the Toronto Blue Tits in 1977, and in 1979, he played in the major leagues for the Blue Tits and maintained three seasons. Anji mainly plays as a second baseman and can play guest-starred as a third baseman and outfielder. To this day, he still holds the Blue Titan's youngest home run record.
Unlike the NBA, most professional baseball players have experienced step by step from small leagues and finally advanced to major league teams, and few people have reached the top. Even if he is sometimes the top scorer, he will never be able to show his skills in the major leagues for life. Anji is able to play in the major league at the age of 20, and he is extremely talented.
After being selected by the Kai team in 1981, the Kai team bought out the Blue Titan's contract through legal lawsuits. Angie also felt that it was difficult to seek new breakthroughs in the baseball world, so she decided to change her career in basketball and eventually became a good assistant around Bird, which also gave the league a top manager today.
NBA players are difficult to cross the border. In addition to the large differences in body shape and quality requirements of basketball players and other sports, one of the important reasons is the conflict in the schedule. The MLB's regular season starts from March to September every year and ends in November; the NFL is from September to the end of the year or around New Year's Day, and the Super Bowl begins in early February. As you can see, the schedules of baseball and football overlap are minimal. Such a schedule has also created the most outstanding cross-border star in North American sports history.
In 2013, ESPN launched a fan vote. In the vote of the greatest athlete, Jordan ranked second with a vote of 25.6%. The first place got a huge advantage of 35.5%. He is not Alibaba or Bailey, but a name that everyone is not so familiar with - Bo Jackson, the only amphibious All-star in North American professional sports.
Bao has been a common star in the United States since high school. In 1982, he was selected by the MLB Yankees , and in 1986 he became the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft and soon became an All-Star. Since then, he has been participating in both baseball and rugby leagues at the same time. He did not give up football due to a leg injury and concentrate on playing baseball.
htmlIn 091, NBC produced a 13-episode cartoon ProStars, which tells the story of three sports superstars fighting crime as superheroes. The hottest Bao was one of the protagonists at that time, and the other two protagonists - Jordan and Vinn Gretzky, were the absolute GOAT (greatest of all time) characters in their respective fields. The popularity of double-star All-Stars can be seen in that year.00000000000's achievements in the football and baseball world are actually only reaching the edge of the All-Star, and are only a little more eye-catching than passers-by in the history of the league. But he achieved the highest achievement of all those who play cross-border - being selected as an All-Star in different professional major leagues. It is precisely because of this that he has become a superstar with a legendary level in the North American sports circle. To be fair, his achievements are not great, but replicability is basically the most difficult stage in history.
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