Rockies Can’t Complete 2nd Sweep, Fall To Mets 6-4
NEW YORK (AP) – Thanks to a recent run of improved play, the Colorado Rockies figure their team will be intact after Monday’s trade deadline. The surprising Rockies are within striking distance of a...
View ArticleRockies SS Trevor Story Likely Done For Season
DENVER (AP/CBS4) – Trevor Story may not be able to help the Colorado Rockies make a push for the playoffs in the last two months of the season. Story could miss the rest of the season with a torn...
View ArticleTim Tebow Agrees To $100,000 Bonus To Sign With New York Mets
NEW YORK (AP) – Having flopped with the New York Jets, Tim Tebow will try to revive his career as an outfielder with the Mets. Four years removed from his last regular-season snap as an NFL...
View ArticleSame Number, New Sport: Tebow Works Out At Mets Camp
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — Tim Tebow has arrived to begin his baseball career. The 2007 Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL quarterback got to the New York Mets’ complex early Monday, and his first...
View ArticleFantasy Baseball’s Version Of The Final Countdown Is Upon You Now
By Sam McPherson The moment of truth is here for fantasy baseball owners, as the Major League Baseball regular season winds down with its final games this week. Forget those pesky wild-card races in...
View ArticleTim Tebow Homers In First At-Bat
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS4) – On the first pitch of his first at-bat in the instructional league for the Mets, Tim Tebow went yard. Tebow was batting second against the Cardinals’ instructional team...
View ArticleFormer Broncos QB Tebow: ‘It Was Fun’ After He Homers In Mets Debut
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) – Tim Tebow made a powerful first impression for the New York Mets instructional league. The former NFL quarterback homered on the first pitch he saw Wednesday in his...
View ArticleFive Things: Blue Jays, Giants Win Exciting Wild Card Games
By Andrew Kahn If you’re a baseball fan without an allegiance to any of the four teams that played in the wild card games, you likely enjoyed your viewing experience. If you’re a fan of the Blue Jays...
View ArticleThe Rockies Have Some Decisions To Make As Free Agent Market Opens
(The Sports Xchange/CBS4) – The Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets have the most to lose as baseball’s free agent market opens for business, but the Colorado Rockies have some...
View ArticleMLB Player On Tebow’s Batting: ‘The Power Is Real’
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — No less an authority on hitting than last season’s runner-up for NL MVP thinks Tim Tebow has some ability with a bat — he just needs more work. Washington Nationals second...
View Article30 Players: Mets’ Steven Matz Entering Make Or Break Year
By Rich Arleo CBS Local Sports, in our 30 Players 30 Days spring training feature, profiles one young player from each Major League Baseball team leading up to opening day. 2016 season (Majors): 22 G,...
View ArticleFormer Broncos QB Tebow ‘Feels More Comfortable’ In Pro Baseball
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – There are still too many strikeouts. His patience at the plate is a struggle. And the batting average remains below .250. But Tim Tebow believes he’s making steady progress in his...
View ArticleKeidel: Meet The Mets, Meet The Mess
By Jason Keidel To the world west of the Hudson River, who don’t see New York City as the vortex of the sports universe, we have two baseball clubs that have lived on opposite sides of the tracks. The...
View ArticleTebow Being Promoted To Mets’ Affiliate In Florida
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Tim Tebow is moving up and heading south — to some very familiar territory. Tebow has been promoted to the New York Mets’ high Class A affiliate in St. Lucie, Florida. The...
View ArticleKeidel: Mets Promote Tebow… What’s The Harm?
By Jason Keidel If you look at the baseball map, you’ll see a storm approaching Port St. Lucie. Indeed, Hurricane Tebow is about to crash upon the eastern shores of Florida. The former Florida Gator...
View ArticleWhich Prospects Might We Soon See In The Majors?
With the All-Star game behind us and the “Super-Two” deadline long in the rear view mirror, many MLB teams will begin to consider calling up their top prospects. We have already seen guys like Clint...
View ArticleMets Power To 9-3 Win Over Reeling Rockies
NEW YORK (AP) — Jay Bruce and the rest of the Mets knew they needed to come out of the All-Star break with a bang. That’s exactly what they’ve done. Bruce and pitcher Seth Lugo homered during an early...
View ArticleRockies Get Back On Track With 13-4 Rout Of Mets
NEW YORK (AP) — Ian Desmond provided an instant spark for the slumping Rockies in his return from the disabled list, and Nolan Arenado hit one of Colorado’s three homers Sunday during a 13-4 rout of...
View ArticleWATCH: Arenado’s Bases-Loaded Walk Lifts Rockies Over Mets
DENVER (AP) — Nolan Arenado has won games with his big swing, so getting a walk-off victory with the bat sitting on his shoulder was a first. Jonathan Lucroy of the Colorado Rockies scores after Nolan...
View ArticleKahn: No Such Thing As Meaningless Baseball
By Andrew Kahn We were fascinated by the pigeons. A dozen or so had congregated in center field, just shy of the warning track. At various points they took flight—thus becoming a “kit,” I’ve since...
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