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TEBOW’S ARROWING TO THE MAJORS

By: Kevin Trainor/NVN Sports “Meet the Mets, Meet the Mets, come on Mr. Tebow and Greet the Mets.”  According to New York Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson that’s exactly what might happen in September’s roster expansion.  Tebow, 30, is in his second season of minor league ball playing on the Class AA Binghamton Rumble Ponies.  It’s been a cold start to the Ponies season, and snowflakes have accompanied balls and strikes.  The former Heisman winner homered on the first pitch of his first at bat.  As of this writing he’s hitting lees than his weight with a .167 average. This spring he participated in the Mets major league spring training camp, and appeared in Grapefruit League games.  Last spring, after minor camp broke he played High Class A ball with Port St. Lucie, and finished up on the Columbia Fireflies squad.  The former NFL quarterback batted .226 with 8 homers, and 52 ribbies.  He had not played any ball since his junior year of h...