nimous NL Rookie of the Year after he hit .275 with 26 homers and 99 RBI last season. Bryant joins Dustin Pedroia (2007-08), Ryan Howard (2005-06) and Cal Ripken (1982-83) as the only players to go R

PEORIA, Ariz. -- Tim Tebow remains hitless in the Arizona Fall League as the ex-quarterback heads to Knoxville for Saturdays SEC football showdown between top-ranked Alabama and No. 9 Tennessee.Tebow went 0-for-3 with a walk, two strikeouts and a run scored Thursday as the designated hitter for the Scottsdale Scorpions in a 5-2 loss to the Peoria Javelinas.Through three games in the league for top prospects, Tebow is now 0-for-9 with three strikeouts, two walks and an RBI. All of his six outs put in play have been hit to the right side of the infield -- two grounders to second base, three to first base and a squibber in front of the plate. He manned left field in his opening two games.Im getting adjusted. I need to get back into the rhythm, Tebow said. I was a little late on a couple of fastballs I could have done something with.Scottsdale hitting coach Damon Minor, who played parts of four seasons with the San Francisco Giants, said, He hasnt done it in a while. ... Hes very athletic, and you can tell he competes.Tebow is excused from Friday and Saturday AFL games because of his ESPN broadcasting responsibilities. The AFL is dark on Sundays, so Tebow will resume his baseball pursuit on Monday.Coincidentally, the New York Jets -- one of Tebows former employers -- will be playing nearby against the Arizona Cardinals?on Monday. However, Tebow will be unable to attend because the Scorpions have the AFLs lone night game on Monday.Tebow signed a minor league deal for $100,000 with the Mets last month.The progress is being made, said Scottsdale manager Tom Goodwin, who also serves as the first-base coach for the Mets. Its slowly but surely coming along. Hes got some TV obligations to fulfill, and hell come back Monday and hell be ready to go.Goodwin said Tebow does not seem overmatched.Im sure hes said it to you before: Hes missing pitches that he should hit, Goodwin said. Hes rolling over [pitches] right now. Thats going to happen, because youre anxious up there. You want to hit the ball. So you go out and get it instead of letting it travel a little deeper.Every time he comes out and plays, I would expect him to get better at that. And then hes going to have to learn, when he gets his pitch to hit, to not miss it. There are a couple of balls, Im sure, he feels he should have hit that hes not hitting. Thats a part of baseball. Thats a part of learning your strike zone and learning your bat path, and then putting a good swing on the ball that happens to be in your path.The employees at Peoria Sports Complex, the spring training home of the Seattle Mariners and San Diego Padres, had fun each time Tebow stepped to the plate during Thursdays AFL game. The scoreboard listed Tebows career statistics as TD 17, INT 9, YDS 2,422.Despite the initial on-field struggles, Tebow had an eventful opening week in the AFL. When a 30-year-old autograph seeker suffered a seizure after Tebows AFL debut on Tuesday, the ex-quarterback stayed with the man and prayed for his well-being until paramedics arrived.Tebow said he is not discouraged by his hitless opening week in the AFL.Its too much of a process, Tebow said. After everything Ive been through in sports, I wouldnt be up and down over three games. Authentic Jerseys For Sale . Durant finished with 24 points and 13 rebounds, Jackson matched his career high with 23 points on 10-of-14 shooting and Lamb scored 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting, lifting the Thunder to a 94-88 win over San Antonio and snapping the Spurs 11-game winning streak. Wholesale Jerseys For Sale .2 billion agreement with Rogers Communications for the leagues broadcast and multimedia rights. https://www.jerseysforsalechina.com/ . The visitors took a deserved lead in the 16th minute with midfielder Yohan Cabaye curling the ball beyond Adrian from inside the penalty area. 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He scored 17 percent of Los Angeles runs, the highest percentage for an AL player since Rickey Henderson with the 1985 New York Yankees.Trout, who was a unanimous winner in 2014, had finished second in three of the past four years. He becomes the first MVP from a losing team since Alex Rodriguez for Texas in 2003 and just the fifth player ever to accomplish the feat, joining Hall of Famers Ernie Banks (1958 and 1959), Andre Dawson (1987) and Cal Ripken (1991).At the end of the season a lot of people were asking me about the same question, you know, if your team has a losing record is it going to hurt you in the MVP? Trout said. With this MVP this year, I guess it doesnt matter.Bryant hit .292 with 39 homers and 102 RBI in just his second year in the majors, helping the Cubs to their first World Series title since 1908. The No. 2 overall pick from the 2013 draft becomes just the sixth player to win rookie of the year and MVP in one or consecutive seasons.This year has certainly been one of the best years of my life, said Bryant, who is set to get married in January. I mean winning a World Series, now this, its just icing on the cake.The Las Vegas native is the first NL MVP from the Cubs since Sammy Sosa in 1998 and the eighth player from the club to win the award since 1935. The once-forlorn franchise enjoying its best run in decades also had two of the top MVP candidates, with first baseman Anthony Rizzo finishing fourth.Voting by BBWAA members was completed by the start off the playoffs.ddddddddddddIf it wasnt for Anthony and his protection and guidance, I wouldnt have won this award, Bryant said. I mean he texted me and I said the same thing to him, I said if it wasnt for you I wouldnt have been able to do this.Bryant was a runaway winner, grabbing 29 of 30 first-place votes and 415 points. Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy, who batted .347 for the NL East champions, was the runner-up with the other first-place vote and 245 points. Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager was third after he was the unanimous winner of the NL Rookie of the Year award on Monday.Seager will look to follow in Bryants footsteps next year.Bryant was the unanimous NL Rookie of the Year after he hit .275 with 26 homers and 99 RBI last season. Bryant joins Dustin Pedroia (2007-08), Ryan Howard (2005-06) and Cal Ripken (1982-83) as the only players to go Rookie of the Year-MVP in consecutive seasons. Ichiro Suzuki (2001) and Fred Lynn (1975) are the only players to win the awards in the same year.Kris is just an impressive young man in every aspect, Cubs owner Tom Ricketts said. (He) is very mature, professional, light-hearted, but serious at the same time. Hes just kind of a dream player for any organization.Trout received 19 first-place votes and 356 points. Mookie Betts, who batted .318 with 31 homers, 113 RBI and 26 steals in 158 games for the Boston Red Sox, was second with 311 points, and AL batting champion Jose Altuve of Houston was third. Retiring Red Sox slugger David Ortiz got one first-place vote finished sixth in his final year in the majors.A well-deserved honor for a player that puts his name in the MVP conversation year in and year out, Angels manager Mike Scioscia said in a release. Mike is the consummate team player and deserves every accolade he receives on the field just as he should off of it for the person he is.---Jay Cohen can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/jcohenap ' ' '