Rob McDonnell earns a spot in the weekend rotation After a quite successful home opener on Tuesday, the Illini are ready for their first home weekend of the year. They will be hosting the Xavier Musketeers. The Cincinnati-based team will be coming tomorrow for a four-game series. There will be…
As some of you know, I was in town for Friday’s game but had to leave town and wasn’t able to attend Saturday’s or Sunday’s events. Heh, what events they were! Let it be known I did follow each game though. Thank goodness for Gametracker. There’s something about a baseball…
Will senior Willie Argo help his team to victory in 2012? As I say before every opening series, now it’s gets real. However in 2012, it REALLY gets real. With the announced 2012 schedule which is one of the toughest the Illinois baseball team has seen in a while,…
…and then reality set in. ok, we weren’t going to win EVERY game this season. But the first loss of the year is sometimes a little harder to take. After beating 3-0 Notre Dame Friday night, Illinois couldn’t come up with the offense and certainly not the pitching to defeat…