Michael Jordan may have been the greatest player in the history of the NBA, but he was just another minor-league player with big-league baseball dreams when he visited Orlando\u2019s Tinker Field on May 9, 1994.<\/p>\n
After deciding to retire from the NBA in October 1993, Jordan embarked on a quest to conquer Major League Baseball. He signed with the Chicago White Sox and was assigned to their Class AA team, the Birmingham Barons \u2013 the Southern League rivals of the Orlando Cubs.<\/p>\n
As Sentinel reporter Mike Zizzo wrote, Jordan \u201cwas unable to provide any show-stopping moments that were nightly occurrences in the NBA. Jordan went 0-for-3 with a walk and stolen base before a season-high crowd of 6,422 as the Barons defeated the Orlando Cubs 3-2 in a Double-A Southern League game. Jordan faced the Cubs\u2019 Jose Guzman, in Orlando for a rehabilitation assignment as he recovers from tendinitis in his right pitching shoulder.<\/p>\n
\u201cJordan lined to right in his first at-bat, then swung at his first pitch in the third inning, hitting a soft chopper to third baseman Ed Smith, who threw him out easily.\u201d<\/p>\n
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