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EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

Edgy MD Apr 04 2018 09:12 PM

Hi, everybody. I don't want to be causing a distraction. Just living the dream like a lot of these younger guys I'm working out with. But gosh darn it, everybody wants to talk to me. For now, I'm a .225-hitting left-fielder, with a little bit of athletic ability, a little bit of bullpoop, and a can-do attitude. That's gotten me through my first pro season, but AA is a taller order. Improve or die. Because if I don't succeed at least a little more at this than I did at football, my agent says the next step is politics. And you thought you were sick of me now. So me. 2018. What's it gonna be? [fimg=360:1fdepu87]http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2772076.1472597501!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_1200/tebowweb31s-2-web.jpg[/fimg:1fdepu87] [fimg=340:1fdepu87]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQkvItwlSIkZP1CWFW9o_4K1zZkjn5NLiSclIuS6Ql8ti3DXvi_[/fimg:1fdepu87] [fimg=382:1fdepu87]https://images0.minutemediacdn.com/production/912x516/57e03ee812110ceb69000001.png[/fimg:1fdepu87] [fimg=318:1fdepu87]http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2868258.1478824400!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_750/metsinsider11s-3iw-web.jpg[/fimg:1fdepu87] [fimg=302:1fdepu87]http://metsminors.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Tebow_07_06_4-1-e1499859751284.jpg[/fimg:1fdepu87] [fimg=398:1fdepu87]http://www.rantsports.com/nfl/files/2014/10/Tim-Tebow-640x360.jpg[/fimg:1fdepu87] Magic. I make it. [youtube:1fdepu87]l_d0rpZnWfQ[/youtube:1fdepu87]

Lefty Specialist Apr 05 2018 05:42 AM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

He'll stick it out and will probably get a late-year promotion to Las Vegas to goose their attendance. But he'll be nothing special. Stats are kind of meaningless with this guy.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 05 2018 06:18 AM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

He'll probably strike out a lot in Class AA, but I'm long over being fake-outraged that they are giving him a shot. So what? He's a big strong pro athlete who can hit the ball a mile, it's only a question of whether he can do so reliably enough to be an MLBer and if not, his club employs 24 other guys with a shot and they need 9 to play.

41Forever Apr 05 2018 06:41 AM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

He'll continue to progress, and because he's on a fast track, they'll get him to Vegas by mid-season if he's doing decently well. Will continue to be a good news story for the Mets and the teams he plays for.

Ceetar Apr 05 2018 07:10 AM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

Arrested by June. Doesn't serve any time.

Fman99 Apr 05 2018 09:51 AM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

I expect to not ever care what he does in a baseball uniform. Same as every year prior.

Nymr83 Apr 05 2018 01:00 PM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

Ceetar wrote: Arrested by June. Doesn't serve any time. Least likely player to be arrested. I'm not so sure he gets to Vegas. The Mets are leaving so they might not care about the attendance boost and I doubt he hits enough to EARN the promotion. My prediction is he stays in AA until the minor league season ends. Pinch hits a few times in September for the Mets, then gets removed from the 40 before the rule 5 draft to allow the Mets to protect real players.

d'Kong76 Apr 05 2018 01:12 PM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

After not getting a September call-up he decides to leave baseball and pursue his little-known life-long dream of becoming a soft porn actor.

Ashie62 Apr 05 2018 04:52 PM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

Tebow goes to Triple AAA over the summer. He does well at AAA and gets called up. Tebow homers in his first AB with the Mets Amazin

Frayed Knot Apr 05 2018 05:33 PM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

This is his make or break year. Some are outraged at what they see as undeserved promotions, but you can't play the long game with a "prospect" his age so the half-year jumps make sense at this point to see if he'll sink or swim. I'm betting on sink but rooting for swim. It would be kind of cool to see him get a mid-year jump to AAA and then to the big leagues for September, even if it only amounts to a few ABs. But absent a steep learning curve starting real soon, I think this is his last year of baseball. It'll likely be enough for the Mets to say they gave him a shot, and it'll be enough for him to be able to say he gave it a shot. Then everyone walks away happy on no one got hurt.

MFS62 Apr 05 2018 06:11 PM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

He's off to a good start. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/m ... /33587551/ Later

41Forever Apr 05 2018 07:31 PM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

MFS62 wrote: He's off to a good start. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/m ... /33587551/ Later Homered on the first pitch he saw.

cooby Apr 05 2018 07:51 PM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

Deep in my heart I hope this guy makes it. I still feel bad for Brady Quinn

Ceetar Apr 06 2018 07:20 AM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

MFS62 wrote: He's off to a good start. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/m ... /33587551/ Later He piled on against a non-prospect (kinship!) pitcher that's bad. Then made three outs. It's not really worth looking at his stats anyway. He's not really a prospect, he's a brand promoter. Looks like the Mets will be good this year, so hopefully there will be no major league free time to do silly stuff like this.

41Forever Apr 06 2018 07:44 AM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

Ceetar wrote: He's off to a good start. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/m ... /33587551/ Later He piled on against a non-prospect (kinship!) pitcher that's bad. Then made three outs. It's not really worth looking at his stats anyway. He's not really a prospect, he's a brand promoter. Looks like the Mets will be good this year, so hopefully there will be no major league free time to do silly stuff like this. My goodness. The guy hit a home run on the first pitch he saw. That's kind of cool. You don't have to belittle or dump all over everything he does.

Ceetar Apr 06 2018 08:20 AM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

yes I do. he's basically a kardashian with less tolerant views. And at least Kim doesn't doesn't inject herself into my brand of entertainment.

Edgy MD Apr 06 2018 08:38 AM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

Optimism. It's breaking out all over.

d'Kong76 Apr 06 2018 08:45 AM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

Ceetar wrote: yes I do. he's basically a kardashian I'm sorry to all the Tebow fans here but this is flat out funny.

41Forever Apr 06 2018 08:50 AM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

Ceetar wrote: yes I do. he's basically a kardashian with less tolerant views. I've never heard him identify anyone as "garbage."

Frayed Knot Apr 06 2018 01:37 PM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

I'm not sure what Tebow has done to promote 'his brand' other than live his life. He's on TV as an announcer during college football season and probably "wrote" a book or two. BFD. Keith and Ron do at least as much to promote theirs and, unlike Kardashians, none of it involves naked selfies (at least as far as I know) or updates on what they're selling or who they're fucking and/or pregnant by this week. Look, I have zero interest in college football so have no personal interest in whether Tebow is revered or hated. I essentially don't have an opinion of him because I never watched him play (except for a handful of his pro games) and have never seen him on the myriad of hype shows that lead into each week's slate of TV games. But it isn't HIS fault that large numbers of mostly southern men measure their self-worth based on the outcomes of football games involving supposed amateurs connected to a college that they may or may not have once attended. It also isn't his doing that the networks which cover (read: promote) that sport take it upon themselves to God-up a couple of teenagers every year and that he was one of the few who didn't ultimately crash and burn well short of their pronouncements. Nor was he responsible for ESPN telling the producers of each of their radio/TV shows that 'there's no such thing as too much Tebow talk' for something like three years after his football career had ended. And I also somehow doubt that he forced Florida (or was it Fla St?) to erect a statue of him just shortly after he was legally old enough to abstain from drinking. btw, MOST minor leaguers aren't 'prospects', and neither are the guys they're hitting/pitching against.

Lefty Specialist Apr 06 2018 05:41 PM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

Frayed Knot wrote: I'm not sure what Tebow has done to promote 'his brand' other than live his life. He's on TV as an announcer during college football season and probably "wrote" a book or two. BFD. Keith and Ron do at least as much to promote theirs and, unlike Kardashians, none of it involves naked selfies (at least as far as I know) or updates on what they're selling or who they're fucking and/or pregnant by this week. Keith, Ron or the Kardashians didn't do an anti-abortion ad for Focus on the Family that ran during the Super Bowl. And he took a knee before it became a sign of protest. So he's not just a random guy. I don't care about college football either, but there is a certain segment of the population that sees him as a hero not because he's a football player playing baseball. And that's okay; he has the right to believe what he chooses to. But that's a very important part of his 'brand', and everybody involved knows it. If he tears it up and merits the promotion to AAA and the majors, Mazel Tov. But we'll see.

Frayed Knot Apr 06 2018 07:47 PM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

So every athlete who takes a stand on an issue is guilty of 'branding' and therefore doesn't deserve to be taken seriously as an athlete, or just the ones who take stances we might not agree with? If there's a Tebow-branding movement being shoved down our throats I'm missing it, particularly if there's some kind of Tebow-directed branding movement connected to playing minor league baseball. A one-off issue ad (three years ago?) and kneeling in the end zone (six or seven?) -- as if we haven't seen a few HUNDRED athletes do that before him and since -- doesn't strike me as much of a campaign. Hell, he's taking more mocking abuse for this attempt than anything. I get why not everyone likes him, and I get why people think this experiment is a waste of time. But I don't get the contempt for him wanting to try. Plus I think it would be a cool story if he did succeed at it, even if only briefly.

d'Kong76 Apr 06 2018 08:25 PM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

I still think it started as a marketing stunt to sell minor league tickets and merchandise. He hit a homer yesterday. Yay! Wouldn't surprise me if he makes an attempt at the professional tennis circuit if the soft porn gig doesn't pan out.

Edgy MD Apr 06 2018 08:40 PM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

It's very hard to fail in the porn business.

d'Kong76 Apr 06 2018 09:09 PM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

Especially in soft porn!

Ashie62 Jun 30 2018 06:29 PM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

Ashie62 wrote: Tebow goes to Triple AAA over the summer. He does well at AAA and gets called up. Tebow homers in his first AB with the Mets Amazin Its time for Plan 9 from Outer Binghamton

Edgy MD Jul 03 2018 12:43 PM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

Teb-OW! takes one on the coconut. [youtube:c30kejmj]C3UZHFcVdnk[/youtube:c30kejmj]

Rockin' Doc Jul 03 2018 03:52 PM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

Shades of Conseco. At least Tebow kept it in the yard. Seriously, Tebow got way too close to the wall to play the carom. That park looks like a minor league version of Fenway.

Edgy MD Jul 03 2018 05:46 PM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

Yeah, that's inexperience at work there. He didn't realize the wall was high enough that he should be looking for the carom.

Edgy MD Jul 20 2018 10:49 AM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

Tebow singled and scored the eventual game-winning run yesterday, but ended up leaving the game later with a wrist issue. Stay tuned!!

Nymr83 Jul 20 2018 11:31 AM Re: EXPECTATIONS for 18: Tim Tebow

Edgy MD wrote: Tebow singled and scored the eventual game-winning run yesterday, but ended up leaving the game later with a wrist issue. Stay tuned!! Surely TIM TEBOW hasn't been jerking off too much??