COLUMBIA, S.C. — Tim Tebow hit a home run in his first at-bat as a Mets minor leaguer.
Tebow, the former N.F.L. quarterback, connected for a two-run drive Thursday night for the Columbia Fireflies in a Class A South Atlantic League game against Augusta.
With a 15 m.p.h. wind blowing out toward the fences, Tebow launched a shot and stopped at second base, thinking it was a double. But the ball hit a railing just above the fence in left-center field and an umpire twirled his hand to indicate the homer.
Tebow pumped his fist in the air as he rounded the rest of the bases in the second inning as the crowd went wild.