Tebow to try baseball - 20 MLB teams to attend workout

[rogdochar]

Just FYI :
Average salary CFL = $ 89,285. Highest paid are these QBs = Anthony Calvillo,Ricky Ray,Drew Tate?
Never heard of 'em. Single player salary cap = $400,000. Team cap = $5 mil

Average salary NFL = $1.9 mil
Average salary NBA = $5.5 mil
MLB = $3.2 mil
NHL = $2.4 mil

 

[rogdochar]

If he gets an offer from the workout, he should announce that his new name is Teezbow.

 

[gator1946]

So Tim explain this to me. In order to play in the NFL, you weren't willing to change positions, but you are willing to change to an entirely new sport.

I'm confused. But best of luck.

 

[Scott512]

So Tim explain this to me. In order to play in the NFL, you weren't willing to change positions, but you are willing to change to an entirely new sport.

I'm confused. But best of luck.

Good point.

 

[gatormandan]

So Tim explain this to me. In order to play in the NFL, you weren't willing to change positions, but you are willing to change to an entirely new sport.

I'm confused. But best of luck.

I hope he is highly successful. Most people would have quit long before now. Go Timmy...

 

[oxrageous]

So Tim explain this to me. In order to play in the NFL, you weren't willing to change positions, but you are willing to change to an entirely new sport.

I'm confused. But best of luck.

What is there to be confused about? He didn't want to play any position in football other than QB.

 

[gator1946]

What is there to be confused about? He didn't want to play any position in football other than QB.

Fair enough. I'm easily confused. I just wish he'd made a change and stayed in the league. I might have given a damn about NFL football again.

 

[rogdochar]

In a batting practice setting in Timmy's back yard in Jax, I gave him this advice : After he hit 5 straight
sky-high pop-ups, I told him it might be best to not prior to hitting tap his heart and point to the sky like that.

 

[itsgr82bag8r]

Best of luck Tim!

 

[Gatordiddy]

So Tim explain this to me. In order to play in the NFL, you weren't willing to change positions, but you are willing to change to an entirely new sport.

I'm confused. But best of luck.

Yeah, that can be a little confusing ... but it's not an entirely new sport to him, just a sport he's revisiting after taking a humongous hiatus.

 

[t-gator]

Because the CFL is a passing league? All these Big 12-type 60 pass a game QBs excel up there.

Still a better chance of making it there than the mlb.

 

[Gatordiddy]

On the radio this afternoon up here they had one of the Washington Nationals on the program.
they asked him about Tim and if he was ticked off about it or was shaking his head.

He said ..."No, I think an athlete of his caliber, mentality and being a "physical specimen" should have every right to try it."
This guy knows the guy who pitched Tim BP and said it's going to come down to being able to hit the breaking stuff.
You can't fake that and they'll find out pretty quickly whether or not any teams will pursue him.

He went on to say it's extremely difficult to make it in double A or triple A ball much less MLB so he said the odds are against him.
But he couldn't understand why there's so much hate for the guy.

 

[GatorBart]

On the radio this afternoon up here they had one of the Washington Nationals on the program.
they asked him about Tim and if he was ticked off about it or was shaking his head.

He said ..."No, I think an athlete of his caliber, mentality and being a "physical specimen" should have every right to try it."
This guy knows the guy who pitched Tim BP and said it's going to come down to being able to hit the breaking stuff.
You can't fake that and they'll find out pretty quickly whether or not any teams will pursue him.

He went on to say it's extremely difficult to make it in double A or triple A ball much less MLB so he said the odds are against him.
But he couldn't understand why there's so much hate for the guy.

One of the best players (and hitters) ever at UF, Mike Zunino, is struggling with the breaking ball at the next level. It's hard to imagine Tebow actually making it onto a team for A or AA ball. I have very serious doubts, but good luck to him.

 

[rogdochar]

Isn't there professional softball ? slow pitch ?

 

[SC Gator]

Love and will always Love Tebow but this is odd. Still cant figure out why an NFL team just didn't give it a try again.
If he had major league potential, he would have been in the league. Even if he has the talent, he starts in the minors as a side show and by the time he works himself up to Majors, he is 32 or so, a time when hitters have trouble seeing pitches as well.

 

[Gator Fever]

The radio stations are crucifying Tebow a lot down here in South Florida for this. I live in Indian River but the sports talk stations are from that Palm Beach area down so a lot of pro Hurricane hosts etc. They mostly just keep pushing its a publicity stunt to keep his name in the news and to give ESPN a few more rating hits that he has zero chance to ever play decent AA ball starting back at his age. The new thing they are pushing is Tebow is just trying to get signed with a single A team so he can do some reality show based off that for a season.

 

[Captain Sasquatch]

I can't get over how bad his swing is. He should concentrate on learning how to throw a breaking ball and become a relief pitcher.

 

[crosscreekcooter]

Dudes a loser. Been a loser all his life. How dare him.