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Tebow homers in first day with St. Lucie

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — Tim Tebow has a habit of making a big splash in his debuts, and the newest St. Lucie Met delivered again on Wednesday. Playing in his first game for Advanced-A St. Lucie after being promoted Sunday from Columbia, Tebow homered in the second game of the Mets’ doubleheader and collected three hits overall at…

“Tebow Time” Ends in Columbia

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – An announced crowd of over 8300 fans filed into Spirit Communications Park on Sunday to say goodbye to the most famous Firefly in the young franchise’s history. Hours before the 5:05 p.m. first pitch, the team announced that 2007 Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow was moving on to the next step of his professional baseball career….

Tebow to be Promoted to St. Lucie Mets

AP COLUMBIA, SC (Fireflies) – Fireflies outfielder Tim Tebow will play his final game in Columbia today, New York Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson announced. The 29-year-old will be promoted to the Class A-Advanced St. Lucie Mets after tonight’s game, joining three other Fireflies who earned call-ups this week. Tebow will be available to the media after batting practice at…

Tebow, Fireflies get 5-1 bounceback win Monday

COLUMBIA, SC (Fireflies) – Jordan Humphreys helped Columbia snap its four-game slide on Monday night. The right-hander struck out nine over seven innings and the Fireflies downed the BlueClaws, 5-1. Humphreys is now 6-0 in six starts and is the only 6-0 pitcher in all of professional baseball (MLB & MiLB). Humphreys surrendered just one run off two hits in…

Fireflies stomped by BlueClaws, 12-2

COLUMBIA, SC (Fireflies) – Columbia’s bullpen put together a very solid performance on Friday evening in the 12-2 loss to Lakewood. Matt Blackham and Max Kuhns were as sharp as nails and combined for five shutout innings of relief in front of 6,253 fans. This marks the fourth time this season the attendance has been upwards of 6,000 at Spirit…