Rudy Gay: Better Than MJ?
This is the only time that headline could ever be considered. With his real season in the books, Rudy Gay mentioned that he’d like to take batting practice with the Memphis minor league Memphis Redbirds. Soon enough the team whipped up a jersey and pants for Gay’s 6-9 frame.
But it wasn’t enough for Rudy to just take BP. After a little bit of trash talking with his cousin Devin Ferguson, Rudy wagered that he’d be able to hit a home run over the fence of this legit ballpark.
”When he first told me he wanted to do batting practice, he was like ‘I’m going to go yard,’ ” Ferguson said. ”I said, ‘There’s no way. You’re not going to hit it 400 feet.’ I’ve never seen him hit it over 200 feet, probably not even 100 feet. And he hasn’t played baseball in about eight years.”
So after a couple of foul balls, Gay then cracked a couple of singles and then smashed one off of the outfield wall. And on what was his last offering, Rudy turned and cranked one final shot over the fence in left field. Of course, he took a home run trot to celebrate.
”I’m just going to go ahead and say it, dunking is a little bit easy for me. Going yard takes some skill,” Gay said, clearly proud of his accomplishment. ”I proved myself to my friends, everybody that works here, the Grizzlies, and of course, this guy (Devin).”
To answer the question as to whether this performance means he’s better than Michael Jordan at baseball, we should consider just how good Michael was. In his year playing with the Birmingham Barons, he hit 3 home runs and drove in 51 RBI’s. I’m sure that when he knew he was getting a fastball down the middle in batting practice, he’d put on a show.
Sources: Memphis Commercial Appeal and Ball Don’t Lie
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April 29th, 2009 at 9:01 am
rick773 says:
Of course MJ was better. I have no physical or visual evidence to prove such a theory but just speaking those words should be considered Blasphemy
April 29th, 2009 at 9:08 am
YOUNGFED says:
good job Andy article was kinda interesting never knew all that.
April 29th, 2009 at 9:21 am
No J Mayo says:
About MJ and baseball. So I went to h.s. with this kid who was maybe the best athlete I ever saw up close. Best baseball and football player in my school’s history, plus starting pg on our high school hoops squad. Turned down a football scholly at Auburn after getting drafted by the Indians. This guy had a ball bat in his hands every day. In three season of Rookie Ball (the level below single A) he struggled to hit .200. MJ had not picked up a baseball bat in over 10 years and hit .220 in Double A while leading his league in stolen bases. ‘Nuff said.
April 29th, 2009 at 9:24 am
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April 29th, 2009 at 9:30 am
bsteezy3 says:
LOL This is a misleading headline…
April 29th, 2009 at 9:54 am
PWEEZY says:
gay looks autistic in this photo
April 29th, 2009 at 10:50 am
Soopa says:
Made me chuggle irl pweezy lol. You are so right. He looks completely empty!
April 29th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
Ian says:
How good jordan was???? Lol he sucked ass most basketball players dont have that baseball strength jordan proved it he was the strongest sg in the game and in baseball he was rey ordonez without the defense.
April 29th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
doc says:
@Ian-Stop it u know Jordan was the greatest athlete ever.MJ was better than Babe Ruth.
April 29th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
Ian says:
Doc hehehe sorry but the babe is the best