Tebow's response to making baseball All-Star Game is one everyone can learn from
Adversity is not enough to make Tim Tebow give up on a goal. Never has that been more clear than in his quest to become a Major League Baseball player.
When Tebow announced that he would pursue a career in professional baseball nearly two years ago, it seemed like a joke to many people. A 29-year-old, over a decade removed from his last season of baseball as a high school junior, turning himself into a pro-caliber player? Preposterous.
Yet here we are, one-and-a-half seasons into Tim Tebow’s professional baseball journey, and he’s been named an All-Star.
Last week it was announced that the former Heisman Trophy winner had earned a spot in the Double-A Eastern League’s All-Star Game. After a slow start to the season Tebow has steadily improved, culminating in a hot month of June in which he batted .301 with a .762 OPS for the Binghamton Rumble Ponies.
Tebow’s response to media questions about the All-Star selection give insight into the mindset that has helped him get to this level in such a short time.
When asked by Binghamton, New York, news station WBNG-TV about the honor, Tebow shifted the topic to the more mundane.
“I think it’s a great honor, and it’s a privilege,” he said. “Something I look forward to, but not necessarily something that I focus on, because honors are great and they can come and go, but we got a game (Wednesday) and we got more in the season and just have to continue to focus on the process.”
In his typical fashion, Tebow acknowledged the accolade but refused to let himself get wrapped up in it. Keeping an even keel when the roller coaster reaches its peaks allows him to do the same when the inevitable lows of a baseball season hit.
While he does see the All-Star selection as a sign that things are working, he knows there’s still a long way to go.
“Coming back after not playing for 12 years definitely means a lot,” Tebow told WBNG. “To definitely be able to try to improve at the game, but at the same time, there’s a long way for me to go and continue to improve in a lot of different areas. I feel like we’re making strides in that every week, series, sometimes game to game.”
So far in July, Tebow has picked up right where he left off in June: Through four games he’s 5-for-11 at the plate. Rumble Ponies manager Luis Rojas has taken notice.
“Tim is hitting eighth, he’s one of our hottest hitters. … So yeah, Tim definitely will move up when we need it or when he does the match-up against a particular pitcher that we’re facing,” Rojas told WBNG.
It looks like Tim Tebow’s baseball career could take another step forward very soon, this one within the Rumble Ponies’ lineup.
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