Congrats to Brian de la Torriente who was named to the Prospect League’s West Division All-Star team. The East and West played to a 3-3 tie on July 6. de la pitched one inning allowing a run and striking out two batters. The Northwoods League All-Star classic is coming up…
Josh Parr played a big part in getting his West All-Stars a victory in the first ever Prospect League All-Star Game on Wednesday night. In front of 3,100 fans, Parr went 2 for 2 with 2 runs boosting his team to a 7-4 win. Parr was representing the home team…
The Pacific Coast League lost to the International League 6-5 in their annual All-Star Game last night in front of a crowd of 16,000. Former Illini Chris Robinson did his part for the PCL, though. As starting catcher, he went 1-2 and scored a run. Here is the box score. …
The Northwoods League announced their 2009 All-Star teams and our own Mike Giller made the cut. Giller is spending his summer with the Waterloo Bucks. Giller (playing shortstop, by the way) is hitting a nifty .373 which leads the league. That makes him the only .300 hitter on his team. …
Congratulations to Josh Parr. He made the All-Star team in the summer Prospect League. He will be representing his Springfield Sliders and will be playing for the West All-Stars. Parr will be the starting second baseman for the West team. He got the nod on the basis of his speed…
Got a call from Illini baseball fan Sue who I haven’t seen since the last home series. We chatted a bit on some of the summer goings-on of the Illini. She clued me into some big news about Joe Bonadonna Bonadonna (left), who was grabbed by the Rangers in the…