Through two games, the University of Illinois baseball team is hanging in the first round of the NCAA Regionals. This comes after defeating Kansas State Saturday night 5-3 behind a formidable effort by starter John Anderson who only gave up one earned run in eight innings. Let’s take a quick…
Dugout Club rep John Santas called me this morning and told me that late this afternoon, the boys would be leaving Illinois Field if I wanted to come by and wish them well. I sure appreciated the heads up. Since I wasn’t going to make the trip to California, the…
No comeback today. No dramatic walk-offs in the ninth inning. Not even a stray cat made its way onto the field tonight. The Illini just cruised to a victory over their co-conference title holders Michigan State in the Big Ten Baseball Tournament by the score of 4-1. We can thank…
Ho hum… another walk-off win for the Illini. What else is new? Hehe, I can’t pull that complacent shtick off, I am psyched as all get out. Maybe I got worried a bit watching the Illinois-Ohio State game on my friend’s wide screen TV in his basement but I’ll tell…
Sadly, I didn’t make it out to the game on Sunday. Sad, only because it would have been nice to see another fantastic Illini victory. It was Mother’s Day, you see. Don’t blame my wife. She let’s me come out to every other ballgame and I’m grateful for that. Looking…
I really hope you came to the park last night. If you missed Illinois’ exciting 13-9 victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes, you missed, in my guess, one of the best games of past few years. It ranks up their with our win against the same Ohio State team two…
Lee Zerrusen put up four goose eggs for the Illini Tonight, the Illinois baseball defeated Illinois College 7-0 behind a committee of pitchers led by Lee Zerrusen who pitched four scoreless innings. Chris Pack got the win against the BlueBoys… Wait, stop! Blueboys? How did Illinois College get the nickname…
Illinois baseball had a pretty rough Sunday against Michigan. In game 1, they were shut out for the third time this year, 3-0. Pete Cappetta did manage to bang out two hits in the losing cause. John Anderson does deserve some credit for his eight inning complete game where he…
Pat Sheehan gets congratulated by his teammates for having a good eye Wow, if the rest of Illinois baseball season is as exciting as today’s home opener, the EMTs are going to have to stock up on chest paddles. What a heart pounder! In the bottom of the ninth, Illini…
What a way to end a road trip! Not only did the Illinois baseball team win their last two ballgames but newcomer Thomas Lindauer won co-freshman of the week honors from the Big Ten. After defeating St Louis on Saturday, I’m sure Illinois felt extra motivated to win Sunday’s game…