Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan was once obsessed with a sport other than basketball. In an interview, Michal Jordan’s mother Deloris once talked about her book ‘Michael’s Golden Rules.’ In the book, she mentioned that Michael’s first love was, in fact, baseball and not basketball. The six-time NBA champion, who has never lost in the NBA finals, had a different sport in mind growing up.  his mother Deloris talked to Cox about his early days. How Jordan and his brother both played baseball in little leagues before Michael switched sports.