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Tim Tebow Hits Home Run On First Instructional League Pitch

September 28, 2016 / 12:32 PM EDT / CBS Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- No he didn't.

Tim Tebow, who signed a minor-league contract with the New York Mets earlier this month, hit a home run on the first pitch he saw in his Instructional League debut on Wednesday.

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Here's Tim Tebow taking his first at bat for a home run because this was destined to happen and you know it.

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According to reports Tebow smoked a 91-MPH fastball over the left-field fence in front of a crowd of about 270 people. The pitcher was reportedly John Kilichowski, an 11th round pick of the St. Louis Cardinals out of Vanderbilt University.