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Myles Straw robbed Tim Tebow with the first great catch of Spring Training

Astros prospect Myles Straw stole 70 bases last season, split between Doube-A Corpus Chrirsti and Triple-A Fresno -- so the man is fast. 
The Mets, and specifically Tim Tebow, found out firsthand just how fleet-footed Straw is on the field during Sunday's Spring Training game between the two clubs.
With two runners on and two outs, Tebow cracked a line-drive that seemed destined to split the outfielders and roll to the wall for at least a two-run double.
But there was that man again, and Straw rose to the occasion:

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Tim Tebow got robbed by @mylesstraw. 😱

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Straw followed up with a postgame apology tweet to Tebow: 

The young outfielder is earning a reputation for this sort of thing ... 

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