Tim Tebow will begin his professional baseball career with the Class A Columbia Fireflies, New York Mets manager Terry Collins announced Monday.The former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback is scheduled to continue playing with the Major League club at the team's Spring Training complex in Port St. Lucie, Fla., before heading to South Carolina the first week of April. The Fireflies' opening weekend is April 6-9. 
"Tim Tebow will bring major excitement and national attention to the Fireflies and city of Columbia," Fireflies president John Katz said. "Baseball fans, sports fans and Tim Tebow fans will likely come from around the southeast to see him play. We expect this to add to the energy at Spirit Communications Park and around downtown Columbia, especially during our opening weekend."
Tebow signed with the Mets on Sept. 8, 2016, and hit .194 with three doubles and two RBIs in the Arizona Fall League. Entering Monday's Grapefruit League action vs. the Tigers, he was hitting .235 in six games with the Mets this spring.
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