Tim Tebow

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Well, give him credit for this. Tim Tebow has more saves this October than Familia.

http://dailycaller.com/2016/10/11/report-tim-tebow-saves-fan-from-seizure-after-laying-his-hands-on-him-and-praying/

New York Mets prospect and former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow reportedly saved a fan’s life from a seizure Tuesday. The unnamed fan had a seizure while the Heisman winner was signing autographs, but the seizure stopped after Tebow placed his hands on the fan and prayed, according to ABC15 reporter Kari Van Horn.

[Edgy MD]

Put it in the box score as 0-3, with a grand slam.

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[Frayed Knot]

Did he get credit for the save?

[Edgy MD]

Shows how out of it I am. I was thinking the guy standing over the fallen fan was wearing a TEUFEL-11 jersey.

[Ceetar]

Dude you're a "baseball player" not a medic, stand back.

[Centerfield]

I'm going to show my ignorance here, but why wouldn't Tebow go play for the CFL or for NFL Europe or something? I remember that's what football players used to do when I followed.

Is there even an NFL Europe anymore?

[Ceetar]

Centerfield wrote: I'm going to show my ignorance here, but why wouldn't Tebow go play for the CFL or for NFL Europe or something? I remember that's what football players used to do when I followed. Is there even an NFL Europe anymore?

The commute for the SEC gig must be tougher. (I don't think there is an NFL Europe) and the CFL season is just about over.

[Edgy MD]

But yeah, I sort of expected him to head to Canada years ago looking to pull a Flutie and make fools out of NFL GMs.

[MFS62]

0-3, but with an RBI yesterday.

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[Guest d'Kong76]

His presence in the AFL is a joke and getting ripped on the internet
and by scouts. My phone told me this, I ain't got no links...

[MFS62]

d'Kong76 wrote: His presence in the AFL is a joke and getting ripped on the internet and by scouts. My phone told me this, I ain't got no links...

Here's one:
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/espn-scout-theres-absolutely-no-baseball-justification-for-tim-tebow-232604344.html

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[Guest d'Kong76]

He might be better suited to playing in an Arizona high school league. His presence here is a farce, and he looks like an imposter pretending to have talent he does not possess.

Ouch!

[seawolf17]

If this is really the case, then I have a hard time with them giving him AFL at-bats. You're telling me there's NOBODY in the system who could use this level of competition? Come on.

[Edgy MD]

Well, I imagine they are not telling anybody that. But he's likely there because he's got a lot of catching up to do and needs as many reps as possible in as short a time as possible.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Edgy MD wrote: he's likely there because he's got a lot of catching up to do and needs as many reps as possible in as short a time as possible.

As possible for what or to what end? He needs reps to get his high-school
stroke back to play professionally? Things don't leak out like they used to
when we had HVAC Guy at Shea to report to us, but this was obviously a
back-room agent favor or a publicity stunt. *clink*

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Edgy MD wrote: Well, I imagine they are not telling anybody that. But he's likely there because he's got a lot of catching up to do and needs as many reps as possible in as short a time as possible.

What might help with that is making this his full-time job, no?

Honestly, regarding Tebow, that keep-the-announcer-gig deal sticking-point is what really sticks in my craw.

[Ceetar]

seawolf17 wrote: If this is really the case, then I have a hard time with them giving him AFL at-bats. You're telling me there's NOBODY in the system who could use this level of competition? Come on.

Probably not anybody with more than an imperceptible chance of making the majors. I'm not a minors junkie but I don't expect there's much to the AFL. It really just seems like a way to extend the minor league season in order to get guys reps that may have gotten hurt and things like that.


If you want to go deeper into the conspiracy theory thing this could easily be more than just a Mets favor to Tebow's agent and could be a "help out MLB" thing to draw a few more reporters/press to Arizona.

[Edgy MD]

d'Kong76 wrote: Edgy MD wrote: he's likely there because he's got a lot of catching up to do and needs as many reps as possible in as short a time as possible. As possible for what or to what end? He needs reps to get his high-school stroke back to play professionally? Things don't leak out like they used to when we had HVAC Guy at Shea to report to us, but this was obviously a back-room agent favor or a publicity stunt. *clink*

To better prepare him to play and advance, I imagine.

If his signing nothing more than a empty stunt, then whether he plays in the AFL or not is of little consequence. It's more of the same. And we shouldn't root against his deployment in the AFL so much much as his employment under any circumstances.

If his signing is in earnest, then he needs reps whenever and wherever he can get them. I certainly think he's over his head, but probably over his head in a more controlled environment than a Caribbean team would afford him, where he'd have to earn his playing time, and likely rot on the bench, and require some personal security.

As long as he's in the system though, he needs as much action as he can get. To prove himself or hang himself, whichever it may be.

Oswalt gets his second start today for the Scorps.

[MFS62]

He's getting closer:
http://nesn.com/2016/12/tim-tebow-likely-to-play-for-mets-in-spring-training-manager-terry-collins-says/

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[nymr83]

MFS62 wrote: He's getting closer: http://nesn.com/2016/12/tim-tebow-likely-to-play-for-mets-in-spring-training-manager-terry-collins-says/ Later

ugh, Collins buys the Tebow-aurora-hype too? this is ridiculous.

[Edgy MD]

Aurora?

Tebow will go to minor league camp and get floated once or maybe twice to join a travel roster, ride a bus and maybe get a couple of at-bats. No problem.

[Lefty Specialist]

Betting he'll get an at-bat in one of those Channel 11 spring games, and strike out on 3 pitches.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Betting he'll get an at-bat in one of those Channel 11 spring games, and strike out on 3 pitches.

I'm hoping he succeeds. We all benefit from Mets players doing well.

[Lefty Specialist]

It's spring training. It'll probably be the only time any of us will actually see him in a Mets uni live. And if he gets a hit, he may never go back to Chisholm, Minnesota and become the town doctor.

[Frayed Knot]

Puma @ NY Post: Alderson was asked how often Tim Tebow will appear in Grapefruit League games this spring. -- “Too frequently for some and not frequently enough for others,” Alderson said.




I like when we get feisty Sandy. He also initially responded "Who?" when asked about Wally Backman's recent comments.

[Frayed Knot]

The Braves just signed Sanders Commings, a University of Georgia and later KC Chiefs defensive back who wants to give baseball a try despite having not played since high school.
The soon to be 27 y/o had his NFL career curtailed to just two games on account of separate injuries involving a broken ankle and a broken collarbone. He was once a 37th round draft pick (2008) of the Diamondbacks.

I don't expect that this signing will generate the publicity, the animosity, or the handwringing that the Mets signing of Tebow did.

[Benjamin Grimm]

And if it does, the Mets can steal the spotlight back by signing Kim Kardashian.

[Guest cooby]

Or Beyoncé.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Word in scouting circles is that Kim Kardashian runs so slow she makes Prince Fielder look like Billie Hamilton. Beyonce hits a curve ball about as well as Tim Tebow.

[Benjamin Grimm]

But she looks better doing it.