Posted on 08/11/2017 4:52:56 AM PDT by Third Person
Tim Tebow and Seth Bosch had never met until July 29 at Charlotte Sports Park, where Tebow, playing minor-league baseball for the St. Lucie Mets, was going against the Charlotte Stone Crabs. Tebow and his team will be in Tampa and Clearwater for eight games beginning Thursday night.
But back to that brief encounter on July 29, one that turned into something special, all of it captured on video by Seth's mother, Ileanna.
Tebow, 29, was taking practice swings in the on-deck circle, waiting to hit in the top of the seventh inning. Seth, who was 9 at the time (he turned 10 on Aug. 6), was at the game with his parents and his younger sister.
And he wanted to meet Tebow.
Seth, who has high-functioning autism, also suffers from neurofibromatosis, a genetic disorder that produces tumors on the nerve tissue. He has a tumor behind his right eye. He has a hard time playing sports.
But he made his way down from the seats his parents had behind home plate, over to the backstop netting near the Mets' on-deck circle. There was a conference on the Stone Crabs pitching mound. A brief delay. That's when Seth made his move. He began waving to Tebow to come over.
And Tebow came over.
Tebow and Seth shook hands through the netting.
Then play was back in. Tebow went to the plate.
And hit a three-run homer.
You can't make this stuff up.
"When Seth came back to his seat, he was crying," Ileanna Bosch said. "And then Tim hit the homer. I started crying, too. How does that happen? I think God brought Seth and Tim together."
Tim knows the publicity he generates helps him to reach more people. That’s why he is doing it.
Tim knows the publicity he generates helps him to reach more people. That’s why he is doing it.
Pitchers are starting to take him seriously.
Absolutely. He’s talented enough that pitchers can’t just blow mediocre fastballs by him. He’s shown some ability to adjust, as would be expected of any normal prospect player at that level. For Tebow to command any respect after a decade or more without the sport at all is quite amazing.
The Mets aren't going to keep him in A ball just because he likes it there. If he doesn't show signs of improving then they'll cut him and replace him with someone who does.
I have this belief that God Almighty chooses & sends certain people, men & women to send among us to be his surrogate angels among us. Tim Tebow is one of them. He and others like him are not aware of their God given gift of life....they just do their assigned thing with the their love of others. God bless Tim Tebow and this little boy. And...God, continue to bless the American people.
A handshake with a little boy and a home run follows. God is good!!!
Oh come on,he’s not black, he loves America and he doesn’t want to become a woman.
Tebow is a great person. The fact that he is openly Christian is the reason that many in the media hate him.
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