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Tim Tebow Q&A: 'This Isn't a Publicity Stunt, and It's Definitely Not for Money'

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Hey, not sure if you've heard, but Tim Tebow is a baseball player now. Or, at least, he's trying to be.

The 29-year-old former NFL quarterback agreed to a minor league contract with the New York Mets and had his first workout with their instructional league team Monday.

As he tries to refine his game on the diamond, he's also out stumping for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, which honors college football players who do upstanding things off the field.

We caught up with him, however, to talk baseball—including which current big leaguers he admires, which areas of his game he needs to improve and how he responds to the doubters.