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1994 Michael Jordan Game Used & Signed Bat, PSA/DNA GU 7. There are two nearly universally-held opinions about Michael Jordan--he was the greatest basketball player of all time, and his aspirations to become a Major League Baseball player were a silly delusion. However, only the first of those two contentions is accurate. While it's historical fact that His Airness never actually did make it all the way to "The Show," some pretty serious experts believed that path was blocked not by a lack of ability but rather by Jordan's return to his native hardcourt home.

"He had it all--ability, aptitude, work ethic," explained Terry Francona, Jordan's manager with the Barons who would himself find his way to the Bigs, and even World Championship glory, in the years to come. "He was always so respectful of what we were doing and considerate of his teammates...I do think with another 1,000 at-bats, he would have made it." The Oakland A's actually offered Jordan a spot on their twenty-five-man roster, but Jordan refused, intent upon earning his way upwards rather than accepting an artificial boost from his global fame.

MJ would make 127 appearances with the Birmingham Barons of the Southern League--the Chicago White Sox' double-A affiliate--batting .202 with three home runs, fifty-one RBI's and thirty base thefts. This Louisville Slugger M216 exhibits outstanding game use from MJ's flirtation with our national pastime, with ball marks, stitch impressions and ink transfers coating the barrel, and a 14x1.5" chunk of that barrel representing the fatal wound that finally ended the lumber's long service to the greatest living American sports hero. Length is thirty-five inches (35"), current weight thirty-one ounces (31 oz.). Number "45" is written in silver marker on the knob, and a silver sharpie signature on the barrel is a bit smeared but still unmistakable. LOA from PSA/DNA, GU 7.


Guide Value or Estimate: $10,000 - up.

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