When minor-league teams attack: Red Sox affiliate blasts Tim Tebow in Twitter rant

Tim Tebow is dividing everyone

On Monday, the New York Mets announced where Tim Tebow would begin his minor-league career -- in Class A, with the Columbia Fireflies. It didn’t take long for people to make jokes -- because Tebow can’t walk down the road without someone making a joke.

Yet the noteworthy thing is who was making the jokes -- namely, the Boston Red Sox’s South Atlantic League affiliate, the Greenvile Drive. Take a look (hat tip to 12 Up):

Welp, we know who our @BurgerKing#StrikeoutKing @ #FluorField will be 6/13-15. Guaranteed Whoppers for everyone when @TimTebow K's 3x! https://t.co/L4J5OtTMVh

— Greenville Drive (@GreenvilleDrive) March 20, 2017

Not jealous. We prefer developing future MLBers, not PR stunts https://t.co/kSllgN5Vmn

— Greenville Drive (@GreenvilleDrive) March 20, 2017

We're not judging...okay, maybe we are. Big difference in HS kids playing in Class A and 28-year-old wannabes https://t.co/NmUKODaPiA

— Greenville Drive (@GreenvilleDrive) March 20, 2017

I guess we'll call it a day. Thanks for playing along. Apparently some were offended & for that we apologize #LetsGlowTebowpic.twitter.com/FlmXLZ4i6z

— Greenville Drive (@GreenvilleDrive) March 20, 2017

Ouchie. 

On the bright side, these Twitter beefs tend to end with a photo-made moment. Expect the Drive to tweet a smiling Tebow sometime around, hm, mid-June. That, or expect the mocking to continue until Tebow’s play forces it to stop. 

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