Fowler Pays Tribute To Jordan, Jordan Pays Tribute To Fowler

Fowler went 2 for 3 on Sunday with a run scored and stolen base. He also had two walks to his credit, raising his OBP to .371.

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Dexter Fowler, master shark of the combo shot, donned a retro-Michael Jordan jersey on Sunday sporting the number 23 while digging into the batter's box and then proceeding to go 2 for 3. As awkward as fans found it to witness a baseball player playing in a basketball jersey, they perhaps found it even more awkward - for obvious reasons - to see Michael Jordan in a baseball jersey. But there was Jordan at AT&T Park, nibbling on nachos while lounging in a box seat wearing a Dexter Fowler "24" jersey. Speculation ensued as to why Fowler elects to use the number 24 rather than the number 23 as his baseball jersey number. Many splenetic comments were heard asserting that Fowler thinks he's one better than Michael Jordan. Fowler, however, cleared the air following Sunday's game by explaining that the additional one is "for country." Nobody knew what he meant until celebratory shots were heard round the world and then confirmed to all be echoing not from Bobby Thompson's bat but from the Kingdom of Jordan. The gunfire, though coincidental, was not unrelated, as it occurred following a ceremony held to commemorate the official re-naming of the Kingdom of Jordan to the Democracy of Fowler. Because Fowler is, in fact, one step up from Jordan.