His stint in baseball may seem like an unexpected detour, but in fact, it was a special tribute. TheLastDance
nearly two weeks after he was attacked on the side of the highway, but it was so badly decomposed that it wasn't immediately identified.
Jordan retired from the NBA two months later, sending shock waves through the sports world. He surprised fans again in February 1994, when he announced he had signed as a minor league baseball player with the Chicago White Sox, joining the Class AA team the Birmingham Barons."."We had seen Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders try two sports and my father had said that he felt I could have made it in baseball, too. He said, 'You've got the skills.
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