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Tim Tebow signs minor league contract with New York Mets

Tim Tebow signs minor league contract with New York Mets

The 29-year-old Tebow, whose NFL career as a quarterback ended four years ago, agreed Thursday to a minor league contract.

According to ABC News, the former football player and popular Christian athlete practiced his hitting and fielding skills over the summer to prepare for a tryout in front of all 30 major league baseball teams which occurred at the end of August.

Finally on Thursday, Alderson announced that they officially offered Tebow a spot in the team, clarifying that their decision was not merely a publicity stunt.

Alderson said Tebow will be excused a couple of days each week from fall instructional league to fulfill that commitment.

"We're mindful of the fact that at age 29 Tim is starting this endeavor and there is a certain amount of realism that we have to accept", Alderson said. "This was not something that was driven by marketing considerations or anything of the sort".

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Tebow acknowledged that being successful in baseball won't be easy.

Since 2013, Tebow has been a college football analyst for ESPN.

Tebow won the 2007 Heisman Trophy at Florida and played for the Gators' 2006 and 2008 national championship teams.

The Mets have nothing to lose in this arrangement and Tebow has nothing to win, so look for the former-NFL player to bounce around the minor leagues for the foreseeable future selling jerseys like a living Hall-of-Famer wherever he goes.

Braves General Manager James Coppolella earlier said, "We are interested in Tim because of his potential as a baseball player, not as a gate attraction".

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