PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Maybe someday, if he sticks with this whole baseball thing for long enough, Tim Tebow will be able to walk into any ballpark in the country without provoking so much curiosity.
For now, though, it still seems as if he is more of a carnival act than a baseball player.
Take Wednesday, for example. With Tebow making his major-league spring-training debut here for the New York Mets, most of the Boston Red Sox's travel squad, including manager John Farrell, stood on the top step of the dugout to steal a glimpse of the 2007 Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL quarterback's batting practice, an exercise that relief pitcher Noe Ramirez described as "a show.