Tim Tebow suddenly looking like a pro baseball player
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https://nypost.com/2018/06/27/tim-tebow-suddenly-looking-like-a-pro-baseball-player/
Tim Tebow suddenly looking like a pro baseball player
The jokes have slowed considerably. The playful jabs have begun to subside. Tim Tebow is proving he belongs, and lately he’s doing more than that. He has been performing at a high level this month.
Just ask opposing Double-A managers who raved about the strides the former Heisman Trophy winner has made this year with the Mets’ affiliate in Binghamton. They have cited his improved plate discipline, pitch recognition and opposite-field power.
“He looks like a different guy than last year,” Double-A Hartford manager Warren Schaeffer told The Post in a phone interview.
I'd say the chances are fairly good that Tebow will be up to the bigs in September. I mean why not?
I've always liked Tebow. I hope he does well, except against the Phillies. 
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Why not? He'll definitely sell tickets and generate revenue during an otherwise lost season. I'd like to see him do well but the odds are against him developing into a bona fide major league player.
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Sorry to say, and I hope I'm completely wrong, but if Tebow does make it to the Mets, I think that MLB pitching would likely eat him alive.
He may pop a few home runs, and get cheers beyond belief, but he would struggle to hit .200 in my opinion.
But it would be sort of a fun September for Mets fans with Tebow on the team, and frankly, fun for a number of other MLB fans around the country who would tune in to see how Tebow does.
I see nothing wrong with doing it. After all, the game is supposed to be about entertainment for the fans, and that's what Tebow would bring to MLB for a month.
I would agree on all counts with that assessment. It's hard not to root for him in any case.
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That TD pass in OT to beat Pittsburgh in the playoffs a few years ago was the terrific cap to a storybook season... Till they had to go up to NE the following week, that is.
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Most may not remember this, but Tebow was with the Philadelphia Eagles in one preseason when Chip Kelly coached. Tebow didn't perform all that terribly, but it was painfully obvious that he just wasn't good enough to succeed even as a #3.
Tebow was slow, and If you're a QB in the NFL and you are slow, then you had better have a rocket for an arm, and Tebow didn't have that either.
Cutting Tebow was one of the few right moves that Chip Kelly made during his three years with the Eagles.
He sure could run the ball for a QB, though. And despite the horrid completion percentage, he seemed to have a knack for late game heroics. That one season he got them to the AfC Championship, I recall Denver pulling several games out of the fire. People were actually beginning to believe he may have had divine intervention, it was that remarkable at times.
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That was an amazing season Tebow had.
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Yea, but done the right way.
Without question it would be good for the game in a variety of ways.
I think even if Tebow flounders if he's called up, he would probably still be back next season at AAA, unless he does so poorly in September, that he decides to hang it up.
Of course he needs a good showing in July and August at AAA to get it done, a bit more improvement in the minors which could happen, and then it's up to the Mets.
And if it happens and Tebow is with the Mets in September, i know some haters out there will whine, "Oh but Tebow is taking the spot on the roster that a young kid could have and improve on his game" or some other crap. Let's tell it like it is...Tebow is still only 30 years old, and he's worked damn hard at the game, and if he does improve a bit in July and August, he well deserves a chance to show what he can do it the bigs.
U.Florida QBs and the NFL are usually never a good mix. I would think MLB would be the same.
What about Jim Thorpe...in my opinion the GOAT all around athlete.
A lot of guys were great in their younger days. Harmon Killebrew was a High School All-American in Football and a star basketball player.
Dave Parker was pretty good also, being drafted out of college by professional baseball, football and basketball.
Heck if as a kid he laced up ice skates and picked up a hockey stick he probably would have been drafted into the NHL.
I believe there are stories of them literally holding up races so Jackie Robinson could run between innings of a baseball game. Track, baseball, football - lettered in those three for sure (maybe hoops too?) at UCLA...
Also, Jim Brown is up for greatest football player all time and IS the greatest lacrosse player of all time. Hard to beat that...
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I believe there are stories of them literally holding up races so Jackie Robinson could run between innings of a baseball game. Track, baseball, football - lettered in those three for sure (maybe hoops too?) at UCLA...
Also, Jim Brown is up for greatest football player all time and IS the greatest lacrosse player of all time. Hard to beat that...
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I think Dave Winfield was also drafted in three sports - hoops, baseball and football.
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Tibow would never kneel!
Who's Tibow?
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He's the guy now playing for the Mits minor league club.
If I have to explain the jokes its going to spoil the fun for me here.
Sorry.....I got your joke seconds after I posted my reply.
I wish him all the success in the world. Would love to see him deserving of MLB callup some day
I went and scouted Tim last night. He DH'd and went 1-4 with an opposite field drive for a single.
One thing that stands out is that he is physical specimen.
I wish him success as well.
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Tim broke his hand the other night and is likely done for this season.
He turns 31 in August.
I would have liked to have seen him finish strong this year and continue to improve.
Consolation prize is that now he can spend more time with Miss Universe girlfriend.
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Yea I’m always going to root for Tebow
He is a guy you can get behind, he is funny and honest. Great overall athlete, Great man.
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First I've heard that. Really a darn shame.
With the Mets playing so poorly, it would have added some fun to their season, and also fun to many baseball fans rooting for him, to see Tebow have his shot in the bigs.