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Tim Tebow is going to mentor young prospects for the New York Mets, if only because he did such a wonderful job of that for the New York Jets. This is what Mets general manager Sandy Alderson was selling Thursday morning, and if you were buying, then you are likely among the precious few who still believe John Elway should never have replaced Tebow with Peyton Manning.Yes, theres something fitting about Tebow making all kinds of headlines hours before his former team, the Broncos, would start defending its Super Bowl title. Make no mistake: This is not a Denver story. This is a New York, New York, story all the way.Fred Wilpons Mets tried to be George Steinbrenners Yankees here, and knowledgeable locals understand why. Until recently the Mets cowered in the shadow of their big-budget neighbors, who were forever shaped by the advice a young Steinbrenner received from the Nederlanders, a prominent theater family, on how to survive around Broadway. New York, they told the wannabe Boss in the early 1970s, is a star-vehicle town.But from Catfish to Reggie to Winfield to Henderson to Clemens to Giambi to Matsui to A-Rod, Steinbrenner made sure his recruiting trips werent always about box-office traffic and back-page buzz. He landed big names who could, you know, play a pretty mean game of baseball. That was the one non-negotiable part of his deals.Tebow is not a baseball deal, no matter how often Alderson insisted it was on a conference call with reporters. This is a Bill Veeck move, not a George Steinbrenner move. The Mets are coming off a trip to the World Series, and they are feeling good about their prospects of another trip to the postseason, and so maybe they wanted to spend an off day flexing their marketing muscles by signing a 6-foot-3, 260-pound hulk who can crush fastballs thrown at batting-practice speed.Alderson said hes mindful of the novel nature of signing Tebow to a minor league contract, but that the decision was strictly driven by baseball and that the former Heisman winner has demonstrated more than rudimentary baseball skills.Now theres a hopeful slogan for the fan base. Meet the new Mets, ladies and gentlemen. We promise more than rudimentary baseball skills.Tebow is 29, and he last played the game a dozen years ago as a high school junior. Giving up baseball was almost as hard as turning down Alabama for Florida, but give it up Tebow did. Twenty-eight major league teams sent scouts to watch him work out last week, anyway, a testament to his star power. By most eyewitness accounts, Tebow looked big, powerful, athletic, weak-armed, and entirely unprepared for live pitching.The Mets signed him at a very delicate time to conduct such business. Despite a wave of injuries to impactful players, the Mets have won 14 of their last 18 to breathe life into the possibility of a second magical October run. Why change the focus now? Why introduce a new topic of daily conversation into the clubhouse? Why make the most talked-about Met a player who will almost certainly never touch the outfield grass at Citi Field?When the Mets decided against bidding on Alex Rodriguez in a different life, their GM at the time, Steve Phillips, said he didnt want to add a high-maintenance megastar who would create a 24-plus-one-man roster.The Mets just created a 25-plus-one-man roster. Its hard to argue with Aldersons overall body of work in New York, but what, exactly, was the point of this transaction, other than making a happy man out of Brodie Van Wagenen, the CAA agent who represents the Mets best player, Yoenis Cespedes? In struggling to build a case for Tebows future promotion to the bigs, Alderson mentioned that Seth Lugo was a 34th-round draft pick, that T.J. Rivera went undrafted, and that both beat the odds. He forgot to mention that Hall of Famer Mike Piazza was drafted in the 62nd round.We think he can be a baseball player, Alderson said of Tebow. Yet the GM did more talking about Tebows character, competitive spirit, and potential clubhouse influence on impressionable teenagers than his ability to hit the curve. Asked if he would have signed Tebow strictly on his tangible physical skill, Alderson said it was a good question.He didnt really have a good answer. This is an opportunity, Alderson would say, for us to associate with excellence.On the same conference call, Tebow sounded much like he always sounded at his Jets locker -- thankful for his opportunities, and fearless of the consequences of failure. Tebow said his definition of success is giving everything I have.Great. Terrific. Except that Tebow will have to miss time at the Mets upcoming Instructional League in Port St. Lucie, Florida, to tend to his broadcasting duties with ESPNs SEC Network, which only makes this move seem sillier.In the end, the Mets probably see Tebows addition as a harmless way to sell some minor league tickets and make some quick merchandising cash. Before Alderson said it was possible Tebow could be invited to camp in five months, he shouldve asked Rex Ryan and Woody Johnson how their own attention grab worked out.This is a classic player development opportunity for us, Alderson said.Lets check back with him after Tebow goes on a shirtless jog in the spring training rain (Shirtless in St. Lucie has a nice ring to it), or after Mets veterans grow tired of the never-ending questions. Lets check back with the GM if his team loses five of its next seven and falls into wild-card peril.Either way, the new Mets tried assuming the role of the old Yankees on Thursday, and forgot this one critical New York, New York, point: Theres a big difference between a star and a baseball star. Wholesale Athletics Jerseys . Tevez, who has had conflicts with coaches in the past, has not been called up since Sabella was named coach in 2011. Argentina boasts Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuain, Sergio Aguero, Ezequiel Lavezzi and Angel Di Maria. 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HScott Motorsports, which fielded two Sprint Cup cars during the 2016 season, has suspended operations and will not compete in NASCAR in 2017.The team did not have any drivers nor sponsors lined up for next season. Driver Clint Bowyer, who finished 27th in the standings, had signed a one-year deal in September 2015 as a stop-gap before heading to Stewart-Haas Racing to replace Tony Stewart in 2017.Michael Annett, who has the Pilot Flying J sponsorship, finished 36th in the standings and opted to take that sponsor to JR Motorsports and compete in the Xfinity Series next year.Team owner Harry Scott formed the team after purchasing Phoenix Racing from James Finch in 2013. Scott had fielded two Cup cars the last two seasons.Over the past several months I considered a number of options for moving forward with the team, Scott said in a statement. Regrettably there are no viable sponsor/driver options immediately available to allow the team to participate in 2017.One thing I learned about NASCAR is that it is a people business. I will forever be grateful to the men and women who worked tirelessly to make HScott Motorsports successful.Scott had leased a charter from Premium Motorsports owner Jay Robinson for Annetts No. 46 car in 2016. That charter was returned to Premium, who thenn sold it to Furniture Row Racing, which is adding a car for rookie Erik Jones next season.ddddddddddddPremium then bought the single charter Scott owned for the No. 15 car of Bowyer.Owners of the 36 charters carry a guaranteed starting spot -- and more guaranteed revenue than noncharter cars -- for every Sprint Cup race, where the field is a maximum 40 cars. A charter owner can lease a charter for one year but then must use it or sell it. Charter teams also get extra money based on their performance over the last three years, and any charter team that finishes among the bottom three teams for three consecutive years can have its charter revoked.That makes the charter of the No. 15 car for Bowyer -- the one Premium now has -- slightly more valuable than the charter of the No. 46 car it sold to Furniture Row. Not only did the No. 15 car have a better performance, the No. 46 car was among the bottom three charter teams in 2016, the first year of the charter system.I love this sport and being part of it, Scott said. I invested in NASCAR because I truly believe it represents the best racing competition in the world and the best people in all sports. ' ' '