Watch: Tim Tebow sends personal update to fans after surgery -- 'Back to work'
While it was undoubtedly bad news when reports surfaced of Tim Tebow’s season-ending hamate bone injury in his hand, nobody doubted his ability to come back stronger than ever.
After all, this is the same Tebow that stopped playing organized baseball for years and in two scant years turned himself into a viable Double-A baseball prospect with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies.
It’s also unsurprising that as fervent of a competitor as Tebow has always shown himself to be, he’s remained relatively mum on the injury. Having to deal with a season-ending injury is difficult for any professional athlete to cope with, let alone one like Tebow.
But Tebow broke his silence on Wednesday, sending a direct message to all of his fans, supporters and, in all likelihood, his critics as well.
Time to go back to work! #LGM pic.twitter.com/giSAi6u6Vo
— Tim Tebow (@TimTebow) July 25, 2018
“What’s up guys, just wanted to make this video to say thank you so much for the thoughts and the prayers over the last couple of days,” the typically gracious Tebow said in the start of his Twitter video.
Tebow then casually broke the news that many were both hoping for and expecting.
“The doc said the surgery went well, so we got that going for me, which is nice,” said Tebow.
Despite forcing Tebow to miss the rest of the season, the injury itself is not expected to keep him down long. A break of the hamate bone, which is a wedge-shaped carpal bone located on the the outside wrist on the pinky side, is actually a fairly common baseball injury.
Players typically come back at full capacity from the injury, though general discomfort in the hand usually lingers for a while.
Of course, given Tebow’s work ethic, his “Time to go back to work!” caption is hardly a surprise.
“Now, it’s time to get back to training, but thank you so much for the prayers,” Tebow said. “God bless you, peace.”
Tebow’s powerful personality has clearly had an effect on so many he’s barely crossed paths with.
Take, for example, former NFL receiver and current Saskatchewan Eskimos receiver Jacoby Ford. Tebow went to college in Florida and Ford went to Clemson, so the two clearly played against each other. The two were also in the same 2010 NFL draft class.
But aside from that, their paths have seldom crossed. They’ve never been on the same football team. Tebow has obviously moved onto baseball after the NFL, while Ford has moved onto the CFL after the NFL.
Despite that, Ford was still one of the many people wishing Tebow the best and praying for him in the above Twitter video.
Get well soon bro🙏🏾
— Jacoby Ford (@JacobyFord12) July 26, 2018
Tebow was in the midst of hitting .273, with six home runs and 36 RBIs before he got hurt. Those numbers were good enough to earn him an Eastern League All-Star berth.
While it may be a while before fans will see Tebow on the baseball field again, they can see him again this football season as a part of the SEC Network’s coverage of college football.
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