Gonzo Jordan: The true story behind Michael Jordan's brief-but-promising baseball career

Posted Apr 9, 2019
Michael Jordan is long gone from Birmingham, and so are most of the players and coaches who wore the Barons uniform that year. Nowadays, sports fans look upon his foray into baseball as a whim, and when they look up his numbers and see that he batted .202 during that time, they conclude that his baseball career was a bust. They could not be more wrong. (ESPN.com)

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