?I Tried It Back in High School?Peer Pressure and Got a Little Sick?: Michael Jordan Unveiled a Hazardous Habit He Almost Had Before Baseball Helped Him Change His Ways in 1997

NBA legend Michael Jordan once revealed a hazardous habit he had developed while playing high school baseball. Jordan?s first love was baseball. It remained that way till he became a basketball sensation. Also, it was his father, James Jordan Sr’s favorite sport as well. But the itch to play baseball never went away and MJ and his often spoke about going back to baseball. And he retired from the league to try his luck in baseball.

Jordan disclosed a habit he had picked up while playing baseball in high school. And that was chewing tobacco. Jordan talked about this habit of his in an interview with Kevin Cook.

Michael Jordan opened up about chewing tobacco

Cook asked MJ whether he chewed tobacco. And Jordan said, ?Not this time. I tried it back in high school baseball?peer pressure?and got a little sick. So in the minor leagues I stuck to sunflower seeds. I?d spit them all over the dugout, practicing my accuracy. We played basketball that way, spitting seeds at a Gatorade cup. I got better at it, but not to a professional level.?

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Chewing tobacco was very common among baseball players at the time. So when he started playing baseball again, he wanted to change his ways and not chew tobacco. MJ chose to go with sunflower seeds when he played minor league baseball with the Barons. Despite the efforts of the MLB to remove smokeless tobacco from the league, it is still there.

Michael Jordan talked about the camaraderie among baseball players compared to basketball. He said, “I still think baseball is the greatest fun, the best camaraderie you can have.”

He mentioned how baseball players hang out together even after games whereas basketball players tend to head on out in different directions after the game. Jordan added that he was still in touch with a lot of players from his with the Barons. This was after MJ had made a return to the NBA and won more championships with the Chicago Bulls.

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