Jordan vs. Bird

Ah, who can forget the bit-ter rivalry of Jordan vs. Bird?

They wouldn't be competing for an OSCAR, but things could have gone quite differently. . .

Most people think of Jordan like this, but as a baseball fan first, I wasn't all that interested in Michael Jordan until he tried playing for Chicago's AA team in Birmingham:

30 steals is pretty impressive for someone's first pro season- it takes more than pure speed to steal a base...

And of course people think of Larry Bird like this:

But did you know about this?

Pretty Cool Story!

Just imagine if The Hick From French Lick stuck with Hardball, and ended up playing against Jordan in the majors...  we never would have had the ridiculous Nintendo game then, I'm sure.

Thanks to Jeff from Wish They Still Came With Bubblegum to send this card along to me! If you've got an awesome baseball card of a non-Baseball player and want to trade it to me, I'm all ears. Maybe a Tracy McGrady card with the Sugarland Skeeters? Or a Russell Wilson prospect card? Let me know! I love that stuff.