Ozzie Guillen: Michael Jordan hustled me in pool
As ESPN's "The Last Dance" continues to captivate sports fans, it seems almost everyone has a story about Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan.
Former Chicago White Sox infielder and manager Ozzie Guillen recently revealed that he lost some money to the six-time NBA champion at the pool table.
"We went to play pool, and my dad made a living out of playing pool in Venezuela. Hustling, we called it," Guillen told Chuck Garfien on the "White Sox Talk Podcast." "And Michael kept betting me, and my dad is saying, 'He's hustling you, he's hustling you, he's going to get you.'
"He put the money down, and he beat us for like $700. And my dad got upset at me, 'I told you ... I know what he's doing.' The next day, we wanted the money back, and he started laughing.
"I've never seen anybody play pool like he did. I'm telling you because my dad grew up doing that. And when he saw that guy play pool, he said, 'Wow, I've never seen anybody play (like that).' He was a great pool player."
In addition to hustling him in pool, Guillen said Jordan also beat him and Joey Cora in a two-on-one game of pick-up basketball.
Jordan played 127 games with Chicago's Double-A affiliate in Birmingham in 1994 when Guillen was the everyday shortstop for the White Sox.