New York Mets’ outfielder Tim Tebow’s transition from professional football to professional baseball certainly hasn’t been flawless.
During his one-month stint in the Arizona Fall League, Tebow batted .194 with 20 strikeouts in 62 at-bats. During spring training, Tebow has improved a bit — getting four hits in 20 at-bats. Tebow is currently playing with the Mets’ low Class-A affiliate Columbia Fireflies.
Baseball purists generally don’t respect Tebow’s desire to randomly pick up a sport he hasn’t played since his junior year in high school.
The Boston Red Sox Single-A affiliate — Greenville Drive — went on an anti-Tebow campaign on its official Twitter page.
Have a look at what was said:
Welp, we know who our @BurgerKing #StrikeoutKing @ #FluorField will be 6/13-15. Guaranteed Whoppers for everyone when @TimTebow K's 3x! https://t.co/L4J5OtTMVh
— Greenville Drive (@GreenvilleDrive) March 20, 2017
Not jealous. We prefer developing future MLBers, not PR stunts https://t.co/kSllgN5Vmn
— Greenville Drive (@GreenvilleDrive) March 20, 2017
We're not judging…okay, maybe we are. Big difference in HS kids playing in Class A and 28-year-old wannabes https://t.co/NmUKODaPiA
— Greenville Drive (@GreenvilleDrive) March 20, 2017
I guess we'll call it a day. Thanks for playing along. Apparently some were offended & for that we apologize #LetsGlowTebow pic.twitter.com/FlmXLZ4i6z
— Greenville Drive (@GreenvilleDrive) March 20, 2017
Source: Reinhold Matay/ USA TODAY Sports
