Jordan Rides the Bus Trivia Quiz

Answer: Birmingham Barons (AA)

Jordan played in 127 games for the Double-A Birmingham Barons. He was one of the starting outfielders nearly every night, but only hit a paltry .202 for the season.

Answer: Southern League

Among the options only the Southern League was a Double-A league.

Jordan played for the Alabama-based Barons an affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. He had just 21 extra base hits for the season, including three homeruns.

Answer: A new team bus.

The "Jordan Cruiser" was a luxury team bus named as such because Jordan himself loaned the team funds to purchase the ride.

It was paid for with funds earned on extra ticket sales having Jordan on the team generated.

The 45-foot bus had reclining chairs and a large lounge in the back.

Answer: 45

Jordan wore #45 during the 1994 season with the Barons, and when that number wasn't available wore #35 during a brief stint in the Arizona Fall League.

When he returned to basketball Jordan continued to wear #45 for the first 22 games of his comeback.

Forty five was the same number his brother had worn on the high school basketball team and that Jordan himself had worn as a high school baseball player.

Answer: 0

Jordan played in two different minor leagues in 1994. His team in both leagues failed to make the playoffs. Following his stint in the Arizona Fall League Jordan took several months off and returned to play in the NBA for the last several games of the 1994-95 season.

Answer: Scottsdale Scorpions

All four team are in the Arizona fall League.

In 1994 the league was set up to take the top six prospects from each of the 30 Major League Baseball teams and mix them up onto the eight teams in that league for additional training.

Jordan hit .252 in the fall league, making many believe he was, at 32-years-old going to be able to make a run at the major leagues.

Answer: Cubs

Jordan, a legend in Chicago for his antics in the NBA had thrown out honorary first pitches for both Chicago teams, The White Sox and the Cubs.

The White Sox were owned by the same management group that owned the Chicago Bulls.

The Cubs were a National League team and the Sox were an American League team.

Answer: 13 months

Jordan inked his deal on Feb. 7, 1994. He officially retired from baseball on March 10, 1995.

While he never publicly "retired" from baseball, March 10 was the date of the press conference he held with the Chicago Bulls where he announced simply. "I'm Back."

After one full season with the Birmingham Barons and a short fall season with the Scottsdale Scorpions Jordan returned to basketball.

He played the last 17 games of the 1994-95 NBA season and three years after that before putting his career on hiatus again. He would later play two more seasons with the Washington Wizards before retiring for good.

Answer: Varsity baseball in high school.

Jordan, then 31-years-old, hadn't played organized baseball since he was a 17-year-old high school senior.

He played in several spring training games with the White Sox before being assigned to the Double-A Birmingham Barons.

Answer: True

Based on the mass popularity of the "Air Jordan" shoe brand it was a no-brainer for Nike to produce signature baseball cleats when Jordan switched careers.

Starting with the Air Jordan 10, a "mirror" type baseball cleat was made to mimic the basketball shoe. those cleats sold so well that when Jordan went back to basketball Nike began signing baseball players to contracts to wear the Jordan cleats during MLB games.