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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Tim Tebow was astonishing yesterday in his debut in a Mets uniform at First Data Field. The only problem was it wasn’t for anything that normally astonishes you at the ballpark.
Ron Darling, the ex-Mets pitcher who now broadcasts their televised games on SNY, was astonished at what he saw for sure.
“That’s the first standing ovation I’ve ever seen for hitting into a double play,” Darling admitted after Tebow’s soft grounder to second base in the fourth inning led to a Mets run (but no RBI) and a burst of euphoria from a crowd that, when it came to Tebow, was pretty easy to please.