Tim Tebow

If you say something good about Tim Tebow, you are a Christian fundamentalist and probably anti-gay marriage, pro-life, and you hate women too.

If you say something negative about Tim Tebow, you are an atheist heathen who burns bibles, punches believers and spends your time in internet chat rooms preaching about how much smarter atheists are than we foolish believers. (Think atheists don't preach? Think again).

Tebow is without question the most polarizing sports star out there. So it's impossible to be objective about him. Most people either love him or you hate him. Part of the hate is based in jealousy. Like him or not, he's an incredibly nice guy who does a huge amount for charity. He also was a very accomplished athlete who competed on a high level.

Sadly though, his skill set never translated well to pro football. He won some games and that is impressive, but professional coaches never thought he could throw the ball well enough to be a long term success in the NFL. Did his Christian faith hurt him? In my view, only slightly. Some other quarterbacks and athletes are vocal Christians and they had long careers. Eventually only your stats matter in the pros.

Now he's trying to play baseball. I think he's in for a rude awakening. In baseball you need more than an athletic skill set, you need a baseball skill set. You need to know how to hit a curveball and deal with pitchers who have plans and methods on how to get you out. At his age (30) and not having played professional baseball ever-he can't just be plugged into the majors. He will need to humble himself and play in rookie ball, probably below the "A" level.

I do wish him the best but if he thinks baseball can be played as an afterthought after failing at professional football, he is very wrong.