J. Ellet Lambie has served as our faithful correspondent for some time and he has become a model for the rest of our team and the rest of the industry. As the recipient of our Blog of the Month Award for July of 2009, JEL was working as one of the best voices of insight and information among a formidable group of media members from the Detroit market, and as such we at the Fanball Sports Network want to insure you that JEL will be back and operating soon. We would like to support our good friend and colleague while he enjoys time for personal needs, but more importantly, we want to insure each and every one of you are enjoying the offerings you’ve come to expect here at EyeOfTheTigers.com.

With that in mind, we are going to throw our full support behind J while he is away and we want to keep his seat warm for return… and to help the cause and keep you as informed and entertained as possible, several members of the Fanball.com feature team as well as members of the Fanball Sports Network will be stepping in from time to time to offer content we are sure you will appreciate. Over the coming days and weeks you will find offerings from the MLB staff at Fanball.com here at EyeOfTheTigers.com, and when we can entice them into the set, we’ll bring some of the best MLB correspondents from the Fanball Sports Network to bolster the cause.

More than anything we wanted to let you know that you are not being ignored, that JEL is still in the fold and working towards a speedy return, and that the staff at Fanball.com is here and anxious to help. I’d welcome your comments, questions, and inquiries at bdouglass@fanball.com… we’d be honored and happy to hear from you.

Thanks so much for your time, your consideration, and your patronage… and a safe and relaxing Thanksgiving to you all!

Sincerely,

Bryan Douglass

Managing Editor – Fanball Sports Network