Tim Anderson mirrors Michael Jordan ‘Wings' poster: ‘Make Me Like Mike'

In the run-up to the 2020 MLB season, the South Siders have all of Chicago buzzing.

And at the forefront of the hype train: star shortstop Tim Anderson.

It makes sense. Never mind Anderson bumping his batting average from .240 to .335 (good enough for the AL batting title) between 2018 and 2019, and cementing himself as a franchise cornerstone. He's also proven a staple in various communities around the city, and won hearts with the infectious swagger he plays the game with.

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Now, he's evoking comparison to another Chicago sports icon. Tuesday night, Anderson tweeted a pretty sleek design of him mirroring the famous Michael Jordan ‘Wings' poster. The caption: ‘Make Me Like Mike.'

For comparison:

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Gary Nolton, the photographer who took the Jordan picture, said in an interview with Highsnobiety that he believed the original photo was taken some time in the summer of 1989, which would have marked the offseason before the Bulls' final defeat at the hands of the Bad Boy Pistons. The next year, 1991, marked the beginning of the first three-peat. In some ways, that picture symbolizes the precipice of Jordan's transformation from phenom to legend.

And while no one is expecting a run of the same dynastic proportions as the 1990s Bulls from this iteration of the White Sox, seeing Anderson embrace the city's sports tradition, and his own potential, is a fun sight for fans of any distinction.

Could the Sox make a run at contention this year? Could Anderson take another leap towards established superstardom? Or will this season mark the South Siders' final tribulation before breaking out of their rebuild, à la the Bulls of yesteryear? 

In an abbreviated campaign flush with unknowable variables, anything certainly seems possible.

RELATED: Tim Anderson leads growing White Sox toward contention: 'He's a man'

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