Posted on 08/23/2016 2:28:19 PM PDT by drewh
Yep. The train has left the station. And well, that’s it for Tebow because the next train won’t be coming.
Do your ember Jim Morris who went to a tryout camp, he was a high school coach, and made a major league team at 35 around the year 2000?They actually made a movie about it.
Not saying Tebow will even be signed butt it is possible.
Yeah, but Chuck Conners did the sports thing before he went into acting. Not the other way around.
Also Kirk Gibson, as well as a few others.
Morris could throw a 98 mph pitch. Morris had somewhat of a natural arm and was quite the novelty because of his age. He was drafted earlier in his career when he was much younger and played some minor league ball without much success. His entire “career” consisted of less than 20 MLB appearances and his career pitching stats were 0-0 with a 4.80 era and only 13 total strikeouts.
Read his Wiki entry to see that he was kind of a major publicity stunt for the TB Devil Rays at the time because of his age, Morris was no phenom, he could just still throw in the high 90s at an old age, hence he helped sell tickets late in the season of a non contending ball team. They finished last in the AL east that season.
Christianphobe ? I thought it was changed to Istanbul ?
Way to go there pastor.
Supposedly his teammates used to call him ‘the Thespian.’ As in he would give these amazing double takes on supposed outside pitches called strikes that his manager couldn’t see. The idea was to make the manager think the ump made a bad call on an outside pitch when Chuck couldn’t pull the trigger on a strike on the black. Pretty funny!
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He could have played in the NFL if but he refused to switch positions.
Now, don't compare the athletic ability of Jordan to Tebow!
To be fair, baseball has not *nearly* as much to do with athletic ability as it does skill...
My point was just that Tebow has shown athletic ability specifically for baseball. I’m not about to compare them on general athletic abilty. I’m not even sure how you could try to.
He might make a minor league team, but he will never make a major league team.
That is very true, but those skills have to be refined over the years, not neglected.
“No - word is that Tebow is looking for a corner outfield slot, not a pitching role. He will have holes in his swing, and not a lot of time to close them, given his age.”
Not a smart move if Tebow is trying to make it as an outfielder.
As a left handed pitcher Tebow can be there in two years or less for the Dodgers. There are 24 pitchers on the major league active and inactive roster; 12 of them are on the disabled list and only two left handers on the 25 man roster.
>>Not a chance. I’d never let him take up space on one of my minor league rosters. He might be nice guy, but this is business.
Still have the same opinion? The Mets don’t!
on the other hand, he is dating Miss Universe
"Lady, I'm not an athlete. I'm a professional baseball player."
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