BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE MAJORS : Jordan Expected to Be Cut Today

Michael Jordan, expected to be cut today, got his third spring hit and a small scare when a woman jumped from the stands to hug him.

Jordan did not start Sunday’s exhibition game between the Chicago White Sox and Florida Marlins, but was a defensive replacement in the sixth inning. One of his many fans among the 33,263 at Joe Robbie Stadium leaped from the right field bleacher seats, ran to Jordan and hugged him. The woman then left on her own, climbing over a side wall.

“It scared me,” Jordan said. “I told her, ‘You’d better get back before you get arrested.’ She asked me, ‘How do I get back out?’ and I told her, ‘The same way you got in.’

“She didn’t mean to hurt me. She just wanted to say hello.”

In the eighth, Jordan hit a chopper to third baseman Jerry Browne. Browne tried to backhand the ball, but couldn’t and Jordan was generously credited with a hit.