Take down the tents and load up the elephants: The circus is moving on to New York.
On Wednesday, after a week of stalling, I wrote a blog saying if the Braves signed Tim Tebow, it would be more to generate revenue and stir misguided fan frenzy in their minor-league system than it would be for baseball reasons. Because ... there were no legitimate baseball reasons.
This morning we learned that Tebow will sign a minor-league deal with the New York Mets. Seems so right. So that ends that. Mercifully.
But I have a quick question before moving on to real news later today. Does it strike you at all that Tebow has become "Sideshow Tim"?
When Tebow played quarterback at Florida, he was one of the greatest college football players any of us had ever seen (understanding the nausea that statement causes in Athens). He was a dreadful NFL quarterback and never should have been expected to be great, given his skill set, but he got people excited and teammates liked him and he was earnest in his attempt to succeed.
Then "Sideshow Tim" was born.
When Tebow could not get another NFL team to look at him -- though he gave it a nice run with stops in Denver, New York (Jets), New England (preseason) and Philadelphia (preseason) -- he had two choices: continue trying to play football or go into a lucrative career of just being Tim Tebow (broadcasting, speaking, raising money for personal causes).
If Tebow was serious about football, he could have easily landed a contract in the Canadian Football League or the Arena Football League. But he passed.
Now, almost 12 years after having last played organized baseball, he decides to take up the sport again?
Can the, "Sideshow Tim Reality Show," be that far away? I can understand a former pro athlete's need to scratch that competitive itch. But this whole baseball exercise strikes me more as publicity for his foundation or whatever his next venture may be. Or even just, "Look at me."
Maybe he should change his last name to Kardashian.
Recen t ramblings
- If Braves sign Tebow, it's about circus and revenue, not baseball
- Georgia worthy of high expectations -- but proceed with caution
- Digi-Blog puts a wrap on Georgia Tech's trip to Dublin
- Justin Thomas rescues Georgia Tech -- with his arm
- Short takes on Georgia Tech's opening win (or escape)
- Game day: In any country, Georgia Tech needs to be better
- Weekend Predictions: Dogs, Jackets win (but Lilly pulls an upset)
- A solution to satellite camps: Hold them in Ireland
- Until there's football in Ireland, I had a more important mission
- Foreign land couldn't be worse for Georgia Tech than U.S. was last year
- Reading between the lines on Smart's "No News For You" news conference
- Weekend Predictions: It's 'Sack Schultz' time, suckers -- win prizes
- Falcons reminding all: These games don't count
- Predicting Georgia Tech's season: game-by-game (from AJC special section
- Keanu Neal injury 'minor' but Falcons can't afford any bad news
- (Full Q&A) Chipper Jones likes Braves' future but says moves needed
- (Blog) Chipper Jones: Braves need moves but he likes future (and being back home)
- Eason will be Georgia's best QB but that doesn't mean he's best now
- Will Turner Field be Eden for Georgia State football?
- Ryan Lochte wins 'pariah medley' -- loses all 4 endorsement deals
- AP poll got it right but Dogs, Jackets will rise (and watch out for LSU)
- What does future hold for Braves' starters -- and Roger McDowell?
- Turner Field plans would be closer to 'dream' if they included Braves
- Preseason Overreaction, Week 2: Ryan, offense ease 'fears'
- Part of Braves' future (Swanson) arrives -- everybody please breathe
- Can Falcons' pass rush finally put Bryan Cox in a good mood?
