Tebow takes hot streak to a new level in narrow loss
One of the more interesting phenomena in professional sports is when an impressive individual performance happens amid a team loss.
In recent memory, players like Tom Brady, who set a Super Bowl record for passing yards in a loss to the Eagles, and LeBron James, who posted monstrous numbers in a meek four-game NBA Finals sweep at the hands of the Warriors, have both fallen into that pit.
And while a Double-A regular season game isn’t quite as prestigious as a Super Bowl or the NBA Finals, the Binghamton Rumble Ponies’ Tim Tebow found himself in similar territory Monday.
The immensely popular Tebow took his sophomore baseball campaign to another level in a 5-3 road loss to the Portland Sea Dogs.
Tebow went a solid 3-for-4 from the plate, including a pair of RBIs. It’s the second time this season that he’s registered three hits.
But it wasn’t just Tebow’s red-hot bat that impressed. He also stole his first base of the season.
Tebow is starting July the same way he ended June, with his sizzling bat.
Tim Tebow is hitting .320/.370/.480 in June.
This is not a drill.
— 12up (@12upSport) June 24, 2018
It’s even led to some of Tebow’s online critics to begrudgingly admit that he’s been playing well.
Im not a believer, but numbers are numbers. They may as well bring em up, lol he would be good for them at this point
— Robert Lincoln (@rlincoln06) June 29, 2018
By any measure, Tebow had himself quite the Monday. It just happened to come in a loss.
Despite the general malaise attached to a sub-.500 season, Tebow himself has started to resemble a legitimate MLB prospect in just his second season of minor league baseball. He even earned an Eastern League All-Star berth.
For whatever faults sports pundit Skip Bayless may have, he has been an ardent Tebow supporter and has been emboldened with Tebow’s recent success. Bayless aptly described Tebow as the “rarest competitor” and called out Tebow’s critics.
Tim Tebow was given 1 longshot chance, and only 1, to be a starting NFL QB. He took Denver from 1-4 to the division title, playoff win over Big Ben. Now in only his 2nd yr of pro baseball at age 30, he's a Double-A All-Star. RARE ACHIEVEMENTS BY RAREST COMPETITOR. Still scoffing?
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) June 30, 2018
This is all to say that Tebow has come a long way since his up-and-down Class-A debut last season. He is still striking out too often, but has shown flashes of being a real player.
For Tebow’s supporters, it affirms what many had already assumed about his humble and gracious work ethic.
For Tebow’s detractors? It’s why they should keep their words soft and sweet, just in case they have to eat them.
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