How Tim Tebow performed at baseball workout at USC

If anything, Tim Tebow’s hour-and-half baseball workout in front of about 45 scouts and an equal number of media members at Dedeaux Field on the USC campus Tuesday showed many that he’s taking serious this cross-sports transformation.

Now it all depends on what information those MLB evaluators take back to their teams about the prospects of a 29-year old NFL player and Heisman wier.

In a three-stage act where Tebow ran a 60-yard dash in the outfield, fielded balls hit to him in right and center field and then took live batting practice against two former MLB pitchers -- each with a costume change in between -- there were obvious moments of struggle mixed in with some flashes of athletic talent.

The left-handed hitter swatted one batting practice warmup toss into the trees beyond the right field fence. He also slipped and fell on the warning track in the right field gap while trying to stop after a catch and throw it home.

Pitchers Dave Aardsma and Chad Smith, both right handed throwers, did give Tebow some trouble with off speed pitches -- or Tebow was simply tiring by the end of the showcase event.

His sprint was said to be in the 6.7 to 6.8 second range although some clocked it closer to 6.1.

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