The Wide World of Weird World Series Moments
The World Series always generates a few memorable moments of baseball greatness, if not some truly bizarre ones, too.
Tag: Baseball
That Almost Looks Like Baseball
It’s baseball season again, and everyone out there will be playing the same version of a sport that outlasted some wild variations.
All Your Questions About the World Series Answered
It’s time for the biggest week in baseball — the World Series. Uncle John got hyped by answering these common questions about the October Classic.
The Best at Being the Worst: Sports’ Least-Winningest Teams
The 2024 Chicago White Sox squad is the latest team to join a particular canon: the worst professional sports teams ever.
What’s New in Weird Baseball Food?
Here are all the wildest, biggest, and strangest new foods on offer at the big league stadiums this year.
Fun Facts About Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth was one of the greatest baseball players of all time, and in his heyday, he was one of the highest paid athletes and most famous people in the world. Nowadays, he’s the subject of Portable Press’s Show Me History: Babe Ruth, the story of the slugger’s life in graphic novel form. Here are […]
3 Weird Sports Contracts
Sometimes creative accounting pays off. Here are a few examples of
weird sports contracts throughout history.
Heir Jordan
Unlike their counterparts in the big leagues, the average first-year minor league baseball players is paid about $1,100 a month. But not Michael Jordan. After retiring from a spectacular basketball career in 1993 to give pro baseball a try, Jordan signed with the farm system of the Chicago White Sox. At the time, the White Sox organization was owned by Jerry Reinsdorf, who also owned Jordan’s old basketball team, the Chicago Bulls. Sensing that Jordan might come back to the NBA some day if baseball didn’t work out (it didn’t), Reinsdorf paid Jordan $4 million in 1994 and 1995 to play minor league baseball, the same he would’ve been paid had he stayed in the NBA.
