So, if you take a trip to the Mets’ online store, you can already buy a Tim Tebow Mets home jersey and team-colored jersey t-shirts as well. Tebow is a former Heisman Trophy victor at the University of Florida and also starred in the NFL.
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Tebow arrived at the complex in Port St Lucie early, and his first workout as part of the Mets’ instructional league team began later in the morning.
Once Tebow took the field, he accidentally “airmailed” a throw from 45 feet, per Jon Heyman of Today’s Knuckleball, who said it went “over his throwing partner and [the] fence”.
After signing Tebow and giving him a $100,000 signing bonus, Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said the move was not about selling jerseys and making money.
Tebow, hoping to make it as a professional outfielder, will be part of daily workouts through Thursday, but he will be excused Friday and Saturday for his college football analyst duties. But Tebow was on a baseball field on Monday because Tebow is a baseball player now.
Tebow said that he was humbled by all the attention he was getting for trying to switch sports and denied that his attempt to play baseball was a publicity stunt.
Here’s Tebow with his new teammates.
Tim Tebow has officially reported to training for the New York Mets. “It gives you an opportunity to walk into a hospital and make a kid smile”.
“I’m just going out there to try to perform and get better and learn the system just like they are, and I think once you get to know each other hopefully that’s what they find out about me”.
Patriots Nation can rule out one potential candidate for any emergency quarterback needs following Jimmy Garoppolo suffering a shoulder injury Sunday, and with four-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady still serving his four-game “Deflategate” suspension.
After his first day of workouts, Tebow spoke with the media during a post-practice press conference – an extreme rarity for instructional league teams. There were a lot of times at Florida where I thought about going out and starting baseball.
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In an interesting twist, the New York Mets may have a conflict on their hands with Tebow’s number popularity.
