Will I give it another shot? We’ll see, you never really know how you’re going to bounce back from surgery, I’ve seen guys go both ways. And my being as you like to refer to it, “a 25 year old that’s never been above Low A,” I know where most people stand as to my coming back and being anything. But the good thing is I have seen a few of my buddies struggle in Low A and light it up in Double A. I had a really good year two seasons ago in Kane County, but never seemed to be the guy that got moved, I know that had a lot to do with my pitching coach feeling he owed some other guys more than me and I’m fine with that. I actually have a story that he pulled on me my first day at spring training this past march and he kept doing the same kind of shit to me the whole spring. Took me awhile to catch on to what he was doing, but that’s his deal, not mine.

Anyhow, just thought I’d drop a how-ya-doin on here and give Fai some crap, even though I don’t know the guy, I’m sure he’s doin a great job.

So to answer your question, Injured, surgery, and keeping in touch with a few teams and will hopefully be trying out with them when I recover, as long as I can touch those upper 90’s, cuz if not, I won’t waste my time or theirs.

Talk to you later Oz,
Joe Newby

And, not for nothing, but try punctuation, and capital letters at the start of a sentence… makes you seem more professional.

Speaking of which, what’s up, Newby? I haven’t heard anything about you in a while. Injured? Released? Traded?

Try something like this a lot makes you seem more professional.

I really believe this season as great as it has been in some regards - will be much, much better in 2008. This is alot of getting the ‘ducks in a row’ as far as this season goes from a media stand point. But we will get there. Some people say ‘where is the media, why aren’t they in the pressbox’? My answer is because I give them alot of what they need before they set foot on the property. Is that the wrong philosophy? Depends. I send them audio clips and voiced newsletters to ensure they get the message. That to me is all I can do, get them the info and get it to them consistently.

Having been a reporter and an anchor for the past few years at News1130, I know how much more I was intrigued by a story when it is ‘presented’ to me as opposed to having to guess it out. I didn’t have time to chase alot of stories because I was too busy following the ‘leads’ that others had given to me.

I made a promise that I would give media audio, I have. I promised we would hit more than just the ‘english’ market, and we have regular features in the Mandarin, Japanese and Italian papers. And I promised that this team would gain a more professional profile when it came to what the media would get from this department. And they have. All sports teams can learn from each other. And I know the standard that we are setting with daily audio, weekly audio newsletters and keeping an open door policy will get our message out there. I don’t need to beg the way others had to in the past. We are earning our stripes right now, and your comments go along way to the crediblility we seek and have sought for years.

Thanks for this, it makes the long hours more enjoyable.

Rob Fai