Tebow’s Been Demoted

I might not be the right person to bring you “sports news.”

I honestly don’t know squat about any of them. I was a football AND basketball cheerleader in High School… I basically just knew to cheer when the rest of the squad did.

SCORE! THOSE! POINTS!

MOVE! THAT! BALL!

DO! THE! THING!

While I’ve made my disdain for the NFL known, and for the most part am not huge fan of NBA culture (I’m from the Indy area… that whole Malice at the Palace thing scarred me for life) I LOVE catching a baseball game live. There’s something really American about $9 hot dogs and ear sunburns, ya know? I’m serious. I love it.

I also think Tim Tebow is a super nice guy.

Which is why I thought this was a bit of a bummer:

According to Daily Mail:

Former NFL quarterback-turned struggling outfielder Tim Tebow is on his way back to the minor leagues.

The New York Mets reassigned the 30-year old to their minor league camp on Tuesday after a 1-for-18 start with 11 strikeouts in major league spring training.

Tebow said the decision made sense to him.

‘It’s not like I’m surprised,’ Tebow told reporters. ‘It’s not like, “Oh my gosh.”‘

That’s pretty classy. It sounds like he’s not trying to blame anyone else… which is a rare thing these days.

Tebow will play in minor league games while the Mets analyze which level he should play at in 2018.

The former Heisman Trophy winner split last season between low Single-A Columbia (South Carolina) and high Single-A Port St. Lucie (Florida), batting .226 with eight homers and 52 RBIs.

Mets general manager Sandy Alderson raised eyebrows prior to spring training when he said Tebow ‘will play in the major leagues.’

Tebow’s first Major League spring training got off to a rough start when he injured his foot on a sprinkler head in the outfield at the Mets’ complex in Port St. Lucie, Florida.

Ultimately Tebow will likely return to either of the Mets’ Single-A affiliates or be sent to the team’s Double-A affiliate in Binghamton, New York.

Best of luck to him!