Tim Tebow is going to try baseball.

[MarathonMike]

Hey, why not? Who knows maybe he becomes the next Mike Trout.

Terry Francona, MLB players weigh in on Tim Tebow trying pro baseball

 

[couch protester]

As long as he's not throwing the ball.

 

[konradv]

He'd definitely provide at least a temporary attendance shot-in-the-arm to whichever minor league he ends up with. I imagine a lot of new people went to see Michael Jordan play.

Tim Tebow gets first pro baseball offer

 

[WinterBorn]

Tebow is a hell of an athlete. But he hasn't played baseball in 11 years. It'll be great for attendance for whatever minor league team gets him, that is true. But I don't see him making the majors.

 

[Ravi]

Soccer is next, then hockey.

 

[Compost]

I understand a ball club's desire to sell tickets. I'm old fashioned and believe that people who go to baseball games want to see good baseball. The way to do that is to recruit talented baseball players, not talented celebrities.

 

[konradv]

I understand a ball club's desire to sell tickets. I'm old fashioned and believe that people who go to baseball games want to see good baseball. The way to do that is to recruit talented baseball players, not talented celebrities.

Minor league teams don't recruit their best players, they get assigned. All they can usually do is devise promotions to get people in the gate. Tebow could fit the bill, at least for a while.

 

[Compost]

I understand a ball club's desire to sell tickets. I'm old fashioned and believe that people who go to baseball games want to see good baseball. The way to do that is to recruit talented baseball players, not talented celebrities.

Minor league teams don't recruit their best players, they get assigned. All they can usually do is devise promotions to get people in the gate. Tebow could fit the bill, at least for a while.

Assigned from where? Somebody sought them out. Recruited vs assigned sounds like nit picking the verbiage. I still would rather see talent baseball players play, more than to see some failed football player pick up a bat and glove, regardless of how they arrived on the field.

 

[konradv]

I understand a ball club's desire to sell tickets. I'm old fashioned and believe that people who go to baseball games want to see good baseball. The way to do that is to recruit talented baseball players, not talented celebrities.

Minor league teams don't recruit their best players, they get assigned. All they can usually do is devise promotions to get people in the gate. Tebow could fit the bill, at least for a while.

Assigned from where? Somebody sought them out. Recruited vs assigned sounds like nit picking the verbiage. I still would rather see talent baseball players play, more than to see some failed football player pick up a bat and glove, regardless of how they arrived on the field.

Players get assigned to affiliated minor league teams by the major league clubs that draft them. Minor league teams do recruit some undrafted players to fill out their roster. It remains to be seen into which category Tebow falls.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Good for him for trying. But baseball is a very deceptive sport. Looks easy yet few have what it takes to get to the MLB.

 

[basquebromance]

i'm gonna have to start watchin baseball! what team will he play for?!

 

[konradv]

Tryout set for Aug. 30 in L.A. Red Sox among the interested.

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