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White Sox Talk Podcast: Michael Jordan's first batting practice with White Sox

While everyone remembers Michael Jordan quitting basketball in 1994 and trying out for the White Sox, the seeds of Jordan's baseball career were actually planted in 1990 when he took batting practice at Old Comiskey Park.

This was the very first time Chicago saw Jordan play baseball.

Decked out in a White Sox practice uniform, Jordan went into the cage and proceeded to hit two home runs, one of which almost reached the upper deck in left field.

Former White Sox slugger Ron Kittle was there. So was 10-year-old NBC Sports Chicago producer Ryan McGuffey, who, through a family connection, was driven to the game and chaperoned by Kittle himself.