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Tim Tebow warmed up in the wrong on-deck circle: 'I found out you don't do that'

Published Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET

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It turns out, after 12 years away from baseball, Tim Tebow has a lot to learn. 

Tebow’s performance in his spring training debut on Wednesday was pretty lousy on the surface (two strikeouts, a GIDP and a hit-by-pitch), and even lousier if you look more closely. 

Playing against major league competition for the first time, Tebow made the embarrassing—if harmless—mistake of standing in the wrong on-deck circle while waiting for the inning to start. Here’s how Fox’s Ken Rosenthal explained the scene. 

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That’s a totally reasonable thing to think. You want to be facing the pitcher while he takes his warmup throws. Maybe that’s how they did it at Nease High School in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., over a decade ago. 

Tebow will get a chance to redeem himself on Friday in another split-squad game. 

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