What It Was Like When Michael Jordan Chased His Baseball Dream

Posted May 16, 2020
Michael Jordan played in 128 games for the Barons that summer, and hit .202 with three homers and 51 RBI. But it's not the numbers that Barons play-by-play announcer Curt Bloom will always remember. It's the way the most famous athlete on the planet treated everyone around the team. "You can’t wait to talk enough good things about him," said Bloom. (NBC Chicago)

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