With his focus set on baseball, the ever-popular Tim Tebow is pursuing an MLB career. Is this a money ploy or does he have a chance?
Tim Tebow is still making headlines despite the fact he hasn’t suited up for a major sports team in a long time. Could he truly make an MLB team?
He is now set his sight on a MLB “career” and hasn’t been shy about capitalizing on his recent announcement of trying out for scouts at the end of this month.
Tim Tebow is already using this information to help create money, putting baseball memorabilia up on his store for $125-175. This recent information has brought a lot of mixed reactions that only a Tim Tebow story could. Some praising his ingenuity and others acting disgusted at what appears to be a stunt.
Tim Tebow is too far in now not to follow through. With what is now one of the most followed stories in baseball surrounding a non-prospect, he has very slim chances on making a minor-league team. If he happens to make a team, it may be for no reason other than the fact to sell tickets.
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After all, Major League teams would have to be crazy to sign the 29-year-old Tebow and expect him to turn into a Major League-worthy player. It is a stretch to believe he even has the ability to make a minor league team. Yet, somehow the story has taken off and no doubt scouts will show up to see if Tebow really does have any baseball talent whatsoever.
The fact Tebow is selling baseball memorabilia, yet has never stepped on a minor league field, is a bit puzzling. If you look at it from his perspective, it is a savvy business move. After all being a star player in college didn’t land him as much money in the NFL as some might think. Especially when his career fizzled out as quickly as it did.
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Tebow, for whatever reason, has become a polarizing figure in sports and seems to be taking full advantage of it. Rest assured we will hear plenty more about his attempt to establish himself in baseball. As any Tebow story does, it will be over-covered and it will not die quickly.