ROME, Ga. – On Tuesday, I made the trip back to my hometown of Rome, Georgia to see Tim Tebow play as a minor league baseball player.
Not long after learning last month that Tebow had been assigned by the Mets to the Columbia Fireflies, their low Class-A affiliate, I went to check the schedule to see if and when they would be coming to town against the Rome Braves.
It looks like I wasn’t the only one.
News spread quickly about Tebow’s impending trip to Rome and, even though Braves fans in Rome have had the pleasure of seeing players like Brian McCann and Jeff Francoeur basically grow up in State Mutual Stadium, the level of excitement felt to be a much different vibe from fans in this case.