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LOVERRO: Spring training game both a novelty and pilgrimage

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

PORT ST. LUCIE, FLA. – It was the kind of novelty act you’ll see from time to time in spring training baseball – one that has star power, even if those stars are crossed.

It was Max Scherzer vs. Tim Tebow – power vs. pious.

Score another one for the Lions.

The home New York Mets crowd at First Data Field woke up from its sun-induced coma early in Friday afternoon’s exhibition contest against the Washington Nationals when, in the bottom of the second inning, the first batter to face Scherzer was Tebow – he of the 430 minor league at bats he had last year – the first organized baseball he competed in since high school.