The star player and captain of the New York Yankees, Aaron Judge, has joined the select group of baseball players who join the ‘Nike Jordan’ brand whose main image is the legendary former NBA player, Michael Jordan, as well announced the brand through its social networks.
With this announcement, Judge also joined Derek Jeter as the Yankees captains who have been a part of the iconic brand. In addition, it must be remembered that the now member of the Hall of Fame, was the first baseball player to be associated with ‘Nike Jordan’.
‘The Judge,’ who has been using the ‘Jordan’ stamp since spring training, he becomes the fifth active player to be part of the mentioned sponsor joining Dominicans Manny Machado and Vladimir Guerrero Jr., as well as Mookie Betts, and Jazz Chisholm Jr.
In addition, he will be the second baseball player of the brand who has been chosen Most Valuable Player (MVP), along with Mookie Betts. In addition, he will become the third Yankee to be part of the brand, joining Jeter and former pitcher CC Sabathia.
In 1999, Michael Jordan reached an agreement with the sportswear brand to add athletes from sports other than basketball to his team. The first baseball player was Derek Jeter, who wryly proclaimed himself Jordan’s “designated hitter” in a brand adas a reference to MJ’s short-lived career in baseball.
“If you follow basketball, you have to be a fan of MJ, not just because of what he did on the court, but how he behaved off it.. I have gotten to know him more and more over the years, and I think you have a certain respect for him, more as a person than as a basketball player, ”Jeter said in another of the many commercials he recorded for the brand that year.
With information from MLB.com.
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