Whether or not Tebow makes a major league team, the internet had a lot of fun with his tryout with memes and videos.
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The Texas Rangers will dispatch an area scout to watch Tim Tebow work out for teams as the former Heisman Trophy victor and National Football League quarterback tries to begin a career in baseball.
The 29-year-old took batting practice, ran sprints and played in the outfield as approximately 50 media members and 40 scouts watched the workout in Los Angeles. The good news here is that Tebow is pretty fast for a big man, running the 60 in 6.71, 6.72, and 6.75 seconds. More than 10 years later, can Tebow get his swing back?
In another Tweet, he said: “AL scout was impressed by Tebow’s raw power too, but didn’t have as high a grade when asked, ‘Wrote him down 65 raw, probably 55 in-game'”. “I think it was the right decision for us”. He puts a lot of time into being the best at his craft that he can.
“There wasn’t a season that went by where it wasn’t something that I thought about”. I took a pay cut to do this. The ESPN broadcaster last played organized baseball more than a decade ago as a high school junior.
If you’re looking for a snapshot of Tim Tebow’s football career, look no further than his baseball showcase. “We’ll see where it goes”. Former big-leaguers David Aardsma and Chad Smith repeatedly fooled him with off-speed pitches later in the hitting drills.
Agent Brodie Van Wagenen, the co-head of CAA Baseball, said in a statement that the workout is not a publicity stunt.
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It will be interesting to see if an Major League Baseball team does give Tebow a contract or if he ends up playing for this Venezuelan team for winter ball. Here, you might have seen me when I was 17, but you haven’t seen me since. “I did everything I could, I pushed it, so I would rather be someone (who) can live with peace and no regret than the ‘what if” or being scared if I didn’t make it.
