That number is quite appropriate because only one man, Michael Jordan, has done more for minor league baseball crowds than Tebow did this year. And Jordan -- who wore No. 23 for the NBA's Chicago Bulls -- had the benefit of playing Double-A with bigger ballparks to fill.
Thanks to Jordan, the Birmingham Barons' 1994 season attendance of 467,868 fans, with an average of 6,884 fans per game, still stands as a franchise and league record.
Although Tebow's popularity didn't fill that many seats, the impact of the former NFL quarterback is undeniable.
The Columbia Fireflies, the Class A team Tebow played for through June 28, saw their attendance increase by nearly 54,000 fans, a 21 percent rise from 2016. The second team Tebow played for, the St. Lucie Mets of advanced Class A, saw attendance rise by 35,803 fans, up 37 percent from last year.
And that's just the beginning..
2 comments:
This is a true hero not a thug that won't stand for the national anthem
You know I've been a big tebow critic in past and didn't support his being allowed to pursue this baseball thing. I have to stand corrected the guy actually seems to back up what he talks. He's a true role model to youth and seems humble and puts others feelings ahead of his own quite often. In saying this as well I think he should have accepted a position change and still be playing football, the hell at itvlooke now he might have been allowed another shot at QB. He definitely was blackballed by the NFL
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