Now that his minor league season with the Iowa Cubs is finished, former Illini Chris Robinson will once again join up with Team Canada. Team Canada’s web site has the full roster. More specifically, Robbie and and Canadian teammates will be taking part in the 2011 IBAF World Cup in…
On his fifth day on the roster of the Baltimore Orioles and his second game, former Illini outfielder Kyle Hudson got his first hit. On Labor Day, the Orioles were playing the New York Yankees. The Orioles lost to the Yanks 11-10 but Hudson singled to Curtis Granderson (who by…
Former Illini and current Iowa Cubs fan favorite Chris Robinson is getting is due at the last game of the season. As a promotion on September 5, the AAA I-Cubs are recognizing the popular catcher by giving away jerseys commemorating him. From the Iowa Cubs website: Chris Robinson has been…
Will we see more of Wes Braun after his fantastic appearance at Busch? After traveling to St Louis to play in the Battle at Busch on Wednesday, the Illini don’t get much break in their traveling schedule. They’re off to Iowa City to play the 10-15 University of Iowa Hawkeyes.…
Illinois enjoyed a close win at Bradley tonight. Down by a run in the eighth, the Illini scored two to go ahead for good. Brian de la Torriente got the win in relief and Bryan Roberts closed out the game for the save. Final score: Illinois 11 Bradley 10. Brandon…
Ok, this time, it’s for real. No chance of a winter weather advisory down in Clearwater, Florida so Play Ball! The Illinois baseball team are probably on their way right now to Florida in order to participate in the Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge (I once asked someone in the know…
Hard to believe that one month from today when students are still in their first week of classes, Illinois is scheduled for their first game of the 2010 season. It’s a HOME game to boot. Some of the cynics out there are wondering if given our Illinois weather, we’ll be…
Team Canada took the Bronze in Baseball’s World Cup. Former Illini catcher Chris Robinson can take a little credit for their success. For the Cup tournament, he went 11 for 29 (.379) with 8 runs scored and 6 rbis. Canada defeated Puerto Rico 6-2 on Saturday to clinch the Bronze,…
Former UI catcher Chris Robinson will be at Wrigley Field tomorrow. His AAA Iowa Cubs will be taking on the Las Vegas 51s 1:20pm Sunday in Chicago as a special promotion. Iowa (56-57) and Las Vegas (57-57) have almost identical won-loss records so it should be an excellent game. Robinson…
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. …