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It’s a publicity stunt for sure — but let’s enjoy it for a moment.
If there’s anything more fun that watching Michael Jordan strike out in the
1990s, it may be watching Jordan whiff in the 2010s. That’s the chance that
the Joliet Slammers are extending to His Airness. The Frontier League team
has invited Jordan to strap on the cleats and come back to hardball.
Working off of Jordan’s 2009 Hall of Fame induction speech, where he said he
may play basketball again at 50 years old, the Slammers have invited Jordan
to join their team. Jordan turned 50 just this past Sunday, and Joliet, Ill.,
is just 45 miles south of Chicago (although Jordan has since moved from the
city of his heyday).
“Who knows how the book is written if there was no Major League Baseball
strike in 1994?” Slammers general manager Chris Franklin said, according to
the Slammers news release. “It worked out pretty well for Michael and
basketball fans around the world, but we would like to offer MJ the
opportunity to write the final chapter by playing baseball for the Joliet
Slammers or, at the very least, honor him in a way nobody else has.”
The Slammers have apparently worked out all the details. Jordan would get the
max contract from the team of $1,600 a month. He would also get $20 in meal
money for each day, and he could be put up with a host family if needed. The
team is also offering some perks, such as a luxury suite for Jordan’s games,
according to the news release.
Then the news release gets ridiculous, as the team suggests a shoe deal and
acquiring the bus that Jordan previously bought for his team. But the Slammers
’ GM insists the offer is for real.
“Again, we’re serious about giving Michael the opportunity to play
professional baseball with the Slammers this summer,” Franklin said in the
news release. “We do have an age limit in our league, but like Nike and the
red and black Air Jordans his rookie year in the NBA, we’ll take the fine.
There are dozens of gimmicks we could throw out there in the offer, but we’
re playing by the rules and think he would respect that. It could be one last
challenge for the greatest competitor of all time.”
Short of Jordan coming back, the Slammers plan on retiring his number.
Jordan batted .202 with 51 RBIs and three home runs in the Southern League
with the Birmingham Barons during his short stay in baseball.
內容大意就是美國棒球獨立聯盟狂擊者隊開給麥口一個月1600美金+每日20美元餐費
麥口50歲的另一個人生正要開始了嗎?