Review of Blog

Michael Jordan's Year in Baseball was the blog I read about online. I found it on espn.com under the true hoops basketball blog section. I believe this is a blog because it is by one author who states his opinions on Michael Jordan's choice to take a year off of basketball to play baseball. He also talks about Jordan's personal life and how he feels he was misunderstood during this era. Abbott the author of the article feels that Michael Jordan made this decision to switch from basketball to baseball to try and rediscover himself after the loss of his father who was murdered in his car while sleeping on the side of the road. Most people were upset with Michael Jordan for taking a year off from basketball to switch to baseball where he played in the minor leagues. Some people think that this year that Michael Jordan took off from basketball began the downfall of his career. Abbott has a special connection to Michael Jordan unlike most fans because Abbott endured professional baseball himself and he understands the amount of time, effort, and hard work Michael Jordan had to put in. Abbott sees this as Jordan being "Mr. Open" instead of him trying to fuel his own ego. He went around Birmingham and interviewed people and found that not one of the people he talked to had anything bad to say about Jordan. They all respected him and thought he was very well mannered. This looks to be more of a standard blog because it is all text with no pictures and at the bottom there is a place for comments. We looked at a a few blogs like this one during class which personally fit my description of a blog best.