Are We Going To Believe This Tim Tebow Blood Gushing From His Palms Story?

This Tim Tebow story about him taking swings and bleeding out is bonkers.

So if you didn’t know, or you were just born recently and your brain just now hit the point where it can comprehend things, Tim Tebow is a professional baseball player. He’s currently playing in South Carolina for the Columbia Fireflies, a Class-A team.

In a recent story tabbed as ‘Tim Tebow’s Baseball Odyssey’ over on SI, Tim Rohan goes in-depth on the entire situation surrounding Tebow and his baseball career. From where, when and why to behind the scene looks at the journey.

Here’s the story within the story that I present to you with a question: should we believe this? You’ll understand why I ask the question after reading it, trust me.

Van Wagenen humored him. He organized a workout for Tebow in Florida alongside a few Cuban prospects, and after putting Tebow through a series of hitting drills, he came away … impressed. Tebow’s swing clearly needed work, but when he connected, he could really drive the ball. After watching a few drills, Van Wagenen asked Tebow if he wanted to stop. He had seen enough, and Tebow hadn’t swung in a while; his hands must have been sore. But Tebow shook him off and kept swinging. He would show Van Wagenen how badly he wanted this. Not until the workout ended did Van Wagenen notice the red seeping through Tebow’s batting gloves. He had taken so many swings that blisters on his hands had burst open, and he’d just kept going. Tebow peeled off the gloves. Blood was gushing from his palms.

Obviously it’s no secret that Tebow is a very, very religious man, but there is a metaphor/comparison/at least an initial thought made here of course relating Tebow’s bloody batting hands to those of Jesus’ on the cross.

Now of course you can grip a piece of wood and swing it so many times that you’re hands are going to hurt and you’re going to get blisters, but ‘gushing from his palms’ seems a bit crazy.

When I think gushing, I think blood pouring out hitting the ground. That’s hard to believe that that was the scene.

Also, let’s also mention that even if this story is 100000% accurate and he was bleeding like he was stabbed in the hands, here’s a secret, it doesn’t make him a good baseball player.

So, are we all-in on this story?