A player can be on the list for 24 to 72 hours. ARLINGTON -- Some marriage proposals don't go as planned but still have a happy ending. Colby Lewis, Founder Colby Lewis founded the Law Offices of Colby Lewis in September 2015 and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 2005 after graduating from University of Houston Law Center. On March 20, 2007, the Nationals released him. In the 2012 season, Lewis went 6-6 with an ERA of 3.43 until being placed on the disabled list due to a torn flexor tendon in his right elbow. Lewis went 7​2⁄3 innings, allowing 2 earned runs on 5 hits, and earned the win which was the first Rangers victory in a World Series game (and first World Series win for an MLB team in the state of Texas, as the Houston Astros were swept in the 2005 World Series). Join Facebook to connect with Colby Lewis and others you may know. Copyright © 2009-2018 PlayerWives.com, All Rights Reserved. Although his performance was outstanding, he resigned from the team in hopes of pitching once again in the Major Leagues. However, Danny Valencia broke up the perfect game and no-hitter with a lead off double in the 8th inning, but Lewis went on to pitch a two hit complete game shutout in a 4–0 Rangers victory, with the other hit being a Max Muncy single. In this move, he officially became the first player in Major League Baseball history to go on the newly instilled Paternity List, allowing him 24 to 72 hours to leave the team to be with his wife and new daughter. For the 2008 season, Lewis signed with the Hiroshima Carp of Japan's Central League. Lewis skipped a start with the Rangers to be present for his daughter's birth. She was extremely helpful in getting us into our new home. About 4 days after his release from the Nationals, Lewis signed a minor league deal for the Oakland Athletics. Colby recognized that something had to change, so he elected to take his baseball talents across the Pacific and play in Japan. Lewis attended Bakersfield College, where, as a sophomore, he won first team Western State Conference honors, going 4–5, striking out 108, and posting a 2.86 ERA. Lewis had his best finish at the Tiffin University “Battle at the Beach” when he finished 7th after rounds of 75-74. Fast forward to April, 2011. Of particular note was his unusual 2003 season, where he managed to post a winning record of 10–9 in 26 starts despite a 7.30 ERA. He has practiced throughout Texas for the last eleven years in various areas of law, including but not limited to: He was immediately sent to the bullpen after that start. [14], Lewis' wife, Jenny, gave birth to their second child, Elizabeth Grace Lewis, in April 2011. Chelsea studies to become a police officer and dates Colby Thorne, and they became engaged. My husband & I live in Granbury, TX. I’ve got to make some money.” Colby notes that the day Washington Nationals cut him prior to the 2007 season was the low point of his career, but also happened to be the day his first son was born. He had a spectacular season with Hiroshima, finishing second in the Central League in wins with 15 (Seth Greisinger of the Yomiuri Giants led the CL with 17 wins), second in the league in ERA (2.68, Masanori Ishikawa of the Yakult Swallows was first at 2.68), and 1st in the league in strikeouts (189),[1] beating out Greisinger by almost 20 K's. Colby Preston Lewis (born August 2, 1979), popularly nicknamed "Cobra", is a former American professional baseball pitcher. On September 11, Lewis had the best outing in his career when he flirted with a perfect game against the Oakland Athletics through seven innings. The IUP Invitational to end the season Lewis finished with 186 strikeouts, again leading the League 2009 season a. Their second child, Elizabeth Grace Lewis, in April 2011 us and... 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