NEW YORK -- New York Mets general manager Sandy Alderson seemed to insult everyone’s intelligence two weeks ago.
Alderson insisted the signing of 29-year-old Tim Tebow was a baseball move. End of story.
“The notion that we're going to spend $100,000-plus on a player so we can sell a couple of hundred dollars worth of T-shirts in Kingsport [Tennessee, home of the Kingsport Mets] -- those economics don't work," Alderson said. "This was not about making money."
And then came the first Tebow workout in Port St. Lucie, Florida, on Monday -- and the rollout of Tebow jerseys ($119.