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Newport’s Lewis gets MLB call

April 27th, 2010 at Tue, 27th, 2010 at 3:24 pm by Joel Willits

The Blue Jays have called up Newport grad Rommie Lewis to the Major League club.
Lewis, 27, is the eighth Newport graduate to reach the Major Leagues. As I noted in the quick story, the Blue Jays are scheduled to visit Seattle in May and if Lewis is still with the club I will be sure to head over to Safeco to catch up with him.
Lewis was originally drafted by the Orioles in the fourth round of the 2001 draft. Lewis took the 2005 season off to figure out if he wanted to continue with professional baseball before returning the next season and continuing with his career.
Lewis spent last season between AA New Hampshire and AAA Las Vegas. During his AAA stint with the 51’s, he was 2-3 with a 3.38 ERA in 24 innings.

As his former coach Brian Fischer told me, the minor leagues are a very lonely and demanding place, so it’s nice to see Lewis finally get the call after so many years of work.

Joel Willits I'm the sports writer at the Bellevue Reporter newspaper. On this blog you'll find extra bits and pieces to stories I've written, observations on events in our area, and a behind the scenes look at what it takes to bring a story together. I'll field questions here, and maybe even ask a few too. I'm a 2007 graduate of the journalism program at Eastern Washington University. Prior to joining the Reporter, I worked at USA Hockey Magazine and did radio work with the Colorado Springs Sky Sox AAA baseball team. When I'm not busy covering the happenings in Bellevue, I enjoy playing hockey, watching sports and spending time with my family. You can also follow me on Twitter or you can send me an email.

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