Jordan Rides The Bus

Year: 2010

Grade: B

Country: USA

Director: Shelton

Review

30 for 30 documentary on mj’s first retirement and stint in minor league baseball. terry francona was his minor league coach, which is an interesting note. it’s mostly interesting, though, because it’s a very rare moment in sports history – a guy at the top of his game, retires for a couple years to try another sport, and then comes back later to be dominant again. we see what the sport and team was like without him (nothing much worthy of note). and when he returns he’s arguably even better than he was before (a rarity in sports comebacks). could he have won 8 championships instead of 6 if he had played those two years? or was starting out from the bottom the perfect motivation for a guy who had done so much already? we’ll never know of course, but seeing him work in the minors and riding the bus and all the rest was an interesting time for anyone interested in sports at the time and the documentary captures it well enough.

Short