It was a chilly day for baseball but when the sun came out, it wasn’t so bad. The wind blew straight out to center. We were even treated to a smattering of snowflakes in the fifth inning which didn’t amount to anything. Nonetheless, it was baseball and it was here…
Four hits by first baseman Ryan Hastings helped Illinois put down the Kansas Jayhawks 11-9 on Wednesday. Aside from going 4 for 4, Hastings clubbed a homer and a double with 3 runs and 2 rbis. Kyle Hudson, Joe Bonadonna and Brandon Wikoff all contributed 2 hits apiece. It was…
I took a five day hiatus from the blog and the sports world in general as the family and I went to Chicago for an extended weekend. The only remotely sports related things I encountered was breezing by the Friendly Confines countless times on the Red Line and seeing a…
I really thought the University of Illinois had a good chance against our sister campus, the University of Illinois-Chicago. UIC had only won one game going into this game and it wasn’t like we were playing some baseball powerhouse from the south. I guess this proves that we take all…
The good guys had the lead but Stephen F Austin came back to score three runs in top of the 9th to pull a win out of the hat. Final Score SFA 8 Illinois 7. CF Kyle Hudson had 3 hits and two runs in his traditional eighth spot in…
That was my first reaction when seeing the final score of tonight’s game. The lights-out pitching from last weekend just saw their ERA skyrocket. Scott Shaw only lasted for 2 1/3 innings giving up 12 runs. Only 5 of those runs were earned due to an error with two out.…
Illinois 1 Lamar 0 CSTV’s Gametracker pitching line says it all It was another pitcher’s duel this morning at the Al Ogletree Tournament but this time Illinois came up on top. Aaron Martin and Ben Reeser were lights out against the Lamar University Cardinals just as were all summer as…
I don’t want too much time to go by without giving the University of Illinois football team their due. They defeated #5 Wisconsin this past Saturday 31-26. There have been some lean years in Illini football lately though last year, there was no doubt it was an exciting team to…
Here we go, Illini, Here we go! Here we go, Illini, here we go! It sure is nice to be in the winners’ bracket. No incredible comeback today at the first round of the Big Ten Tournament. Nope, the Illinois had things pretty much under control from the very start…
First of all, let me get this out of the way: Yessss! All Right!! WOW! Way to go, Illini! Woo hoo! I-L-L, I-N-I!! Whew. Sunday’s scoreboard shows the incredible comeback by the Illini Yes, the Illini won today. In a must-win game in order to go on to the Big…