Grover asked Jordan to give him a few weeks to do some research on the best plan to get him prepared for a sport that he hadn’t played since high school. After studying baseball games and allowing the Chicago White Sox organization — which was also run by Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf — to get Jordan acclimated to the basics, Grover formulated an individualized plan that would work for a player whose height made him average in basketball but uniquely tall for baseball.