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Valedictory
MVN RSS — ... I promise that I'm not really going anywhere.  I'll be around here and there doing Sabermetric stuff, sometimes in front of the camera and sometimes behind it.  Maybe I'll pull a Michael Jordan (I can't hit a curveball either) and re-appear here every now and again.  There are a few things up in the air right now, and I'm not sure where they will land.  And for right now, I kinda like things that way. ...

Friday’s Called Shots: McNabb’s chief fan T.O. gets bitch-slapped
Outside The Press Box — ... Speaking of father and son … Michael Jordan’s kid, Jeff, is leaving the Illinois basketball team to focus on academics. Makes sense. After all, Michael once quit basketball to get schooled in baseball. ...

The top 23 Michael Jordan fails
It's Just Sports — ... there is something to it. But seriously, true or not, retirement or suspension, his time away from the game most likely cost the Bulls at least one and maybe two more championships. 4. The Allen Iverson crossover: The anti-Jordan, non-corporate friendly Iverson, then a hot-shot rookie, took it too M.J. This wasn't Washington Wizards, washed-up M.J. giving 50 points up to Tracy McGrady, either. This was in-his-prime M.J. It was big. 3. The Birmingham Barons: Wow, looking up his stats , Jordan actually hit three home runs in the minors? I do not remember that. The rest of the ...

That one time Michael Jordan quit the NBA for the minor leagues
Big League Stew — ... So here's a quick nod to the time Jordan took a break from the NBA and tried his hand at a career in baseball. Over 119 games with the Double-A Birmingham Barons, Jordan hit .202/.289/.266 with three homers and 51 RBIs. He was 30-for-48 on the basepaths and struck out 114 times. He packed it up in advance of baseball's labor stoppage in 1995, but not before landing on the "Bag It, Michael!" SI cover ...