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So, 14 years later, he competed in AA, hit over .250 in the Arizona Fall League.“If he had played another year, I really believe he would have made the big leagues.’’ Jordan played for the White’s Sox Class AA team in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1994 during his NBA hiatus.Reinsdorf also loved ESPN’s recent 10-part documentary on Jordan, noting it was ”really great for people too young to see Jordan play know how great he was.’’ Know about breaking news as it happens. Sign up for the The challenge is making days like Sunday and Monday the norm and stopping the whiplash from one extreme to the other.That’s even harder to do in a shortened season like this one, where there’s no time to evolve into a more consistent group. Already the South Siders have been on the wrong end of the Twins’ bats and the Cleveland Indians’ arms.

The White Sox had one of their listless efforts a week ago Monday against these same Tigers, but they followed that with 15 runs in two days, back-to-back wins in Michigan that saw them hit four home runs. But things have gone a bit differently in practice at times this season. What’s weirder than Michael Jordan leaving his life as the world’s greatest basketball player to play minor league baseball?How about a bizarre in-season exhibition game between the White Sox at Cubs at Wrigley Field — one where North Side fans cheered the visitors?Back before Interleague play was a part of the daily major league schedule, if the crosstown rival White Sox and Cubs were going to play each other, it was going to have to be in the World Series — or more likely in an exhibition contest. Not surprisingly, he was ready with a great, multi-layered answer.“It's not complicated. “We'd like to see if we can get Encarnación going, because he's going to be a big part of who we are as we continue to try to battle through this abbreviated season,” Renteria said. De-selecting these cookies may result in poorly-tailored recommendations and slow site performance.Social media cookies offer the possibility to connect you to your social networks and share content from our website through social media. He rose to the occasion,” Jackson told Our Chuck Garfien on “It’s Michael Jordan.

But he is Michael Jordan. Playing in front of a crowd in baseball when you’re trying to prove to people this isn’t a joke? And in this case, I very much appreciated the advice on how to do my job, because it helped answer my question.McCann as a catcher in 2019: 104 games, 428 plate appearances, .287/.342/.477.That’s an OPS of .819 as a catcher vs .519 as a designated hitter.Not surprisingly, McCann has yet to be used as the DH yet in 2020. “The playing time has a way of kind of taking care of itself, to be honest. Add Wednesday’s sextet of bombs, and the White Sox have 10 home runs in their last three games against the Detroiters.But one thing is certain through 23 games: The White Sox can indeed swing the sticks. “We've just got to understand what we did.

Well, kind of.“What I remember of that, they were cheering Michael Jordan, yes,” Jackson said. Simply put, he’s been great.Meanwhile, designated hitter Edwin Encarnación – who joined catcher Yasmani Grandal as offseason free agent acquisitions that pushed McCann to the bench – entered Monday slashing .149/.184/.277 in 13 games and 50 plate appearances. They weren’t real happy about the success there, but it’s still Michael Jordan. To get more information about these cookies and the processing of your personal data, check our You can always change your preference by visiting the "Cookie Settings" at the bottom of the page. And that’s exactly the case when it comes to White Sox catcher James McCann not getting into manager Rick Renteria’s lineup more.Through 23 games this season, McCann has only played in 11.

It hasn't been that we've pushed him off to the side. It’s not as easy because he was taking this seriously.“For him to come through as he did in the game and enjoy the crowd and be part of something that was really big at that time, making sure that everybody worldwide got to see him in a big league venue and it wasn’t an embarrassment at all, that was pretty good.”But perhaps the weirdest thing of the entire day? You have an extremely experienced designated hitter who needs an opportunity to try to find his rhythm and his game because I think that once you see what he's able to bring to the table, he's pretty impactful,” Renteria said.Surely, even at 37 years old, Encarnación can and will be better.

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So with a mutual off day in early April, they played a game that didn’t count at the Friendly Confines.This happened while the regular season was going on, something that is downright unthinkable today.Anyway, Jordan, who was about to make his way to Birmingham, Ala., for a season of Double-A baseball, was in the White Sox lineup that day.

”Maybe as an extra outfielder.

Look at what he accomplished.“He last played baseball in high school at 17, and at the age of 31, he was playing in AA. “And to show you how powerful our lineup is, it starts all the way to the top, from Timmy setting the tone to even Mendick hitting a homer. But what a thunderous win it was, the kind that makes you think that if this could be a consistent thing, then all that preseason playoff talk made an awful lot of sense.The White Sox launched six homers Monday night, Tim Anderson and Luis Robert each with a pair. That’s where McCann’s (short) history as a designated hitter comes in.“We did use James quite a bit if everybody remembers last year as a DH,” Renteria continued.