COLUMBIA, SC (Fireflies PR) – The Fireflies shut out the GreenJackets on Sunday for a second time in three days. The 6-0 victory clinched Columbia’s four-game series sweep of Augusta to begin the 2017 season. Ironically enough, the club’s last four-game sweep came against these same GreenJackets from August 19-22 of last season. For the fourth straight night, at least…
COLUMBIA, SC – The strikeouts came early and often for Fireflies starter Jordan Humphreys. The right-hander struck out nine over 5.2 innings and led Columbia to a 7-0 win over the GreenJackets at Spirit Communications Park. Friday’s win was Columbia’s first shutout victory since last August 23. Dash Winningham helped spark the offense once again. The first baseman drove in…
Tim Tebow is officially a pro baseball player. The former Heisman Trophy winner from the University of Florida and NFL quarterback homered in his very first at bat of his brand new baseball career, helping the Columbia Fireflies to a 14-7 win over the Augusta Green Jackets on opening day. Batting seventh and starting in left field, Tebow went 1-for-5…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Of course he did. Tim Tebow hit a home run in his first official at-bat as a New York Mets minor leaguer, a charmed start Thursday night for a popular yet polarizing athlete who seems to have a knack for these remarkable moments. Playing a sport where many thought he didn’t even belong in the batter’s…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Tim Tebow got comfortable in his first visit to his new minor league home Sunday and vowed to give his all in his latest professional sports venture with the Columbia Fireflies. The 2007 Heisman Trophy winner and two-time national champion quarterback at Florida signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets last September, went…
The Columbia Fireflies begin year two Thursday night, hosting the Augusta GreenJackets, but Tim Tebow isn’t the only Firefly making his pro debut. Former Gamecock Gene Cone, who played for USC from 2014 to 2016 and broke the single-season school hit-streak with 31 consecutive games with a hit, is expected to get the start in right field (Tebow will play…
Long before his virtues as a baseball player prompted both intrigue and amusement within the MLB community, before his swing became a topic of analysis and derision among professional baseball scouts, and before the likelihood of his cracking an MLB roster became cannon fodder for daily sports talk shows, Tim Tebow had already made an indelible mark on the national…
New York Mets outfielder and former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow leaves a news conference at the baseball teams spring training facility in Port St. Lucie, Fla., Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — After struggling in the Arizona Fall League last year, New York Mets prospect Tim Tebow turned his attention to his hometown…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Fireflies) — Single-game tickets for the 2017 Columbia Fireflies season go on sale Thursday, February 16 at 10:00 a.m. Opening Day is just 56 days away and all individual game tickets – including tickets for the 2017 South Atlantic League All-Star Game, Opening Night and Total Eclipse of the Park – will be available for purchase. Fans can…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Fireflies) — The Columbia Fireflies are hosting a job fair in the club level of Spirit Communications Park on Saturday, February 11, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. The Fireflies are aiming to fill over 300 seasonal and part-time positions for the upcoming season. The positions include: ushers, ticket takers, parking attendants, ticket office sales, merchandise store, field…
