But Tebow also showed he still needs baseball seasoning when he faced live pitching from former big-leaguers David Aardsma and Chad Smith, who repeatedly fooled him with off-speed pitches.
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If you weren’t a fan of praying Tim Tebow during his Heisman Trophy-winning time with the Florida Gators, or fundamentally-flawed Tebow during his short-lived National Football League career – how about “Jumping Tebow” now he’s trying his hand at baseball? “He also ran fairly well, but his fielding and his ability to hit against former professional pitchers trying to get him out looked somewhat suspect”.
“The goal would be to have a career in the big leagues”, Tebow said. He said putting aside baseball to play for the Gators was not easy.
An unnamed veteran scout told ESPN.com, “The batting practice was impressive, and if he had carried it over into the simulated game, I think a lot of teams would have come away from this very interested”. Only the Chicago Cubs and Oakland A’s opted to pass on sending observers among the 30 Major League Baseball clubs. Before then, he plans to play in instructional ball and then in a winter league.
In the NFL, Tebow played for the Broncos and Jets, leading Denver to a memorable playoff win against Pittsburgh in overtime.
Yet an NL scout told USA Today, “I thought he was OK”. But, speaking from the interests of a big-league team, the odds of him improving and getting to an Major League Baseball team are very small, and there seems to be nearly no chance that he becomes being a productive player on a regular basis. “For him and for the teams, I thought if he goes out and performs the way he could and is capable of, you could see it in a year, a year and a half, definitely in the big leagues”. Instead, this is about pursuing something that he loves. Regardless of what else happens. If that’s the worst thing that can happen, that’s OK.
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“Since I was four or five years old, there’s been two things that I’ve loved the most in sports. I’ll make all the sacrifices to be the best I can”.
