Was Michael Jordan good in baseball?

[Lawblaw]

I'm not an American, so I only know about Jordan the basketball GOAT

However, how was his baseball? Was he terrible, meh, ok? I'd suppose he wasn't good

 

[Fatchops]

He did ok. Especially considering he stopped playing baseball for like 10 years before picking it up.

 

[prod2821]

no.

 

[The Penetrator]

how can someone even be good at this so called sport? other than ability to hit the ball with a bat, is there any other skill a baseball player needs to excel at? Only one guy gets to throw the ball, right? I guess you need to be able to run somewhat fast in a straight line for like 20 yards or something? From what i understand baseball is mostly just stats and numbers...

 

[Frank23]

The numbers don't lie.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=jordan001mic

 

[theskza]

He sucked, but it was still impressive.

 

[HereticBD]

He was about as good at Baseball, as Brock Lesnar was at Football.

 

[mike sherry]

He was about as good at Baseball, as Brock Lesnar was at Football.

Debatable. Brock was super fucked up from a motorcycle wreck right before training camp started

I'd recommend the 30 for 30 Jordan rides the bus. He started out bad, then got way better as the year went along. He was starting to really pick up the game by the fall league. He would have likely made it to AAA if not the majors outright with how the labor strike was going.

What really bothers me is a tweet lebron sent out a few years back essentially stating:
"If I went and joined the NFL I would do better than MJ did at baseball #fact"

Totally disrespecting what the did from the safe space of his computer. Like, damn, that just proves how bad Lebron lives in MJ's shadow.

 

[ThinkGreen]

how can someone even be good at this so called sport? other than ability to hit the ball with a bat, is there any other skill a baseball player needs to excel at? Only one guy gets to throw the ball, right? I guess you need to be able to run somewhat fast in a straight line for like 20 yards or something? From what i understand baseball is mostly just stats and numbers...

Hand eye coordination is probably the most important trait as far as defense is concerned. And good fundamentals of course.

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

No, he was not very good.
Not even for a minor league club.
But he bought them a nice bus for to travel in.

The long standing rumor is that he did baseball as a way of killing time while out of basketball as he was being investigated for gambling.

 

[Sauce Castillo]

how can someone even be good at this so called sport? other than ability to hit the ball with a bat, is there any other skill a baseball player needs to excel at? Only one guy gets to throw the ball, right? I guess you need to be able to run somewhat fast in a straight line for like 20 yards or something? From what i understand baseball is mostly just stats and numbers...

Hitting a 95mph fastball with good movement is the hardest thing to do in professional sports.

 

[The Penetrator]

Hitting a 95mph fastball with good movement is the hardest thing to do in professional sports.

how is it the hardest thing?

you mean statistically?

i dont think this can be measured since there is no defense in baseball, its just damn hard to hit the ball.

You cant say its harder than, lets say, hitting a game winner in basketball with 2 seconds left and 2 defenders jumping in your face, or any other sport where different situations determine how hard scoring is, like lets say in soccer a guy gets ball at his half, dribbles past 5 opponents and runs past them and scores a goal, it happens like 2 times a year so i guess satistically its harder than hitting a baseball? Cause in baseball every "attack situation" is basically the same, 2 dudes stand at exact same distance between them and one has to hit the ball the other dude throws at exact area every time... Also i dont think baseball players get gassed either, so you must take that in consideration also when you measure how hard certain things are...

 

[theskza]

You cant say its harder than, lets say, hitting a game winner in basketball with 2 seconds left and 2 defenders jumping in your face, or any other sport where different situations determine how hard scoring is, like lets say in soccer a guy gets ball at his half, dribbles past 5 opponents and runs past them and scores a goal, it happens like 2 times a year so i guess satistically its harder than hitting a baseball? Cause in baseball every "attack situation" is basically the same, 2 dudes stand at exact same distance between them and one has to hit the ball the other dude throws at exact area every time... Also i dont think baseball players get gassed either, so you must take that in consideration also when you measure how hard certain things are...

Just go ahead and say you don't know what you're talking about instead of trying to argue this.

I can score a goal in a soccer game. I can make a shot in a basketball game. I can't hit a 95 mph fastball.

 

[Sauce Castillo]

how is it the hardest thing?

you mean statistically?

i dont think this can be measured since there is no defense in baseball, its just damn hard to hit the ball.

You cant say its harder than, lets say, hitting a game winner in basketball with 2 seconds left and 2 defenders jumping in your face, or any other sport where different situations determine how hard scoring is, like lets say in soccer a guy gets ball at his half, dribbles past 5 opponents and runs past them and scores a goal, it happens like 2 times a year so i guess satistically its harder than hitting a baseball? Cause in baseball every "attack situation" is basically the same, 2 dudes stand at exact same distance between them and one has to hit the ball the other dude throws at exact area every time... Also i dont think baseball players get gassed either, so you must take that in consideration also when you measure how hard certain things are...

The fuck? no defense in baseball? Am I reading your post wrong?

 

[Prefect]

What really bothers me is a tweet lebron sent out a few years back essentially stating:
"If I went and joined the NFL I would do better than MJ did at baseball #fact"

Totally disrespecting what the did from the safe space of his computer. Like, damn, that just proves how bad Lebron lives in MJ's shadow.

It is true. Lebron is fast and ridiculously big and could easily play TE.

 

[mike sherry]

It is true. Lebron is fast and ridiculously big and could easily play TE.

Yeah, and he doesn't have the balls to actually prove it.

When someone is telling how good they are instead of showing it, that is usually a red flag.

It's just as easy for me to pretend that he takes one big NFL linebacker hit and he retires as for him to pretend he could be better than MJ was at baseball. Totally a work of imagination

 

[Prefect]

Yeah, and he doesn't have the balls to actually prove it.

When someone is telling how good they are instead of showing it, that is usually a red flag.

It's just as easy for me to pretend that he takes one big NFL linebacker hit and he retires as for him to pretend he could be better than MJ was at baseball. Totally a work of imagination

Except there has already been a precedent set for basketball players turning into good TEs. And most of those have been people who switched more out of desperation because they were too small to play PF in the NBA. On top of that, Lebron is in a much deeper talent pool than the NFL draws from. All the guys in the NFL are incredibly coordinated in comparison to the lugs in the NFL.

 

[jrams]

Hitting a 95mph fastball with good movement is the hardest thing to do in professional sports.

This is just idiotic myth that people who suck at baseball came up with.

 

[mike sherry]

Except there has already been a precedent set for basketball players turning into good TEs. And most of those have been people who switched more out of desperation because they were too small to play PF in the NBA. On top of that, Lebron is in a much deeper talent pool than the NFL draws from. All the guys in the NFL are incredibly coordinated in comparison to the lugs in the NFL.

Doesn't matter if there is precedent for switching between sports.

I can certainly see why he could be good, if not even an all time great, NFL TE.

Doesn't mean he doesn't come off as a giant cocksucker taking credit for accomplishments he never has done.

 

[Mga223]

It is true. Lebron is fast and ridiculously big and could easily play TE.

He's a puss though... the physical side of nfl would bury him.