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Witnesses to his baseball legend make the case for Tim Tebow

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — There was a time when Tim Tebow could really hit — and not just on the football field.

Back in 2005, when he was a junior outfielder here at Nease High School, just north of St. Augustine, the hulking Tebow came to the plate in the District 7-4A championship game to lead off seventh inning against archrival St. Augustine in the Nation’s Oldest City.

Nease trailed, 2-1. Tebow had scored the Panthers’ first run in the second.

On the mound stood sophomore right-hander Brian Beach, who was 6-0 and pitching a terrific game.