Tim Tebow hits home run in double-A season debut

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Tim Tebow, playing for the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, rounds third base after hitting a three-run home run in the first inning against the Portland Sea Dogs in a Double-A baseball game Thursday, April 5, 2018, in Binghamton, N.Y. (Matt Smith/AP)

Tim Tebow’s 2018 season is off to quite a start.

The former NFL quarterback and 2007 Heisman Trophy winner went yard in his season debut with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies – the double-A affiliate of the New York Mets – on Thursday.

Tebow finished his first full season of professional baseball with a .226/.309.347 slash line across two levels of single-A, but Mets general manager Sandy Alderson made headlines in February when he predicted the University of Florida graduate would eventually become a major-league player.

The 30-year-old had just eight home runs last season in 126 games.

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