Maybe it’s a bit of schadenfreude on my part but sometimes I like to read recaps on Illinois victories that were posted in newspapers in the enemy’s territory. Here’s the write-up on last night’s game in the Detroit Press. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with good ol’ friendly Illini HQ…
Argo: speediest in the Big Ten? College Baseball Insider asked the Big Ten Baseball coaches their opinions on a variety of baseball topics. Nine of them responded and CBI put them together for their Big Ten baseball preview. The team to beat? It was unanimous for Minnesota. A lot of…
Just last week, I wrote about Illinois baseball’s 2011 schedule which by the way, included a spring game at the Metrodome Tournament hosted by the Minnesota Golden Gophers. The Metrodome Stadium now is now used by the Minnesota Vikings and formerly used by baseball’s Minnesota Twins. Fast forward to this…
For his efforts last week during the Spring Break Trip, Willie Argo became the second Illinois player to be honored by the Big Ten with the Player of the Week award. Argo (left) had it coming. His consistent offense throughout the week made me wonder if he would be considered…
Here is the NCAA Baseball bracket and no, Illinois isn’t listed. I logically knew they didn’t have much of a chance but I watched the announcement on ESPN this morning regardless in case a miracle may have occurred. Minnesota, Ohio State and Indiana will all be representing the Big Ten…
Day and night. That’s how I’d describe the difference between Minnesota on Thursday and Minnesota on Friday. And unfortunately, Illinois had to play them Friday. The same Gopher team that couldn’t buy a hit against Indiana the day before and had its pitching pounded by their offense, came out a…
Indiana cruised to its second tournament victory against second seed Minnesota in the tournament behind the pitching of Matt Bashore who pitched seven shutout innings. Bashore who didn’t allow a hit till the fourth inning, was practically untouchable. allowing only two for the game. Indiana won 12-3. Boy, Indiana sure…
Boy, that had to be quite an ending to the Illini-Purdue game Friday! I was a naughty boy and had Game Tracker running on my laptop during a conference meeting. It was a little hard to concentrate on matters at hand with Dan Black at the plate. Sorry, Boss! Will…
This gentleman had the right idea during the break but a sweep was not in the cards for the Illini Illinois was oh so close to a sweep of Minnesota this weekend. After a major comeback on Friday, they did the same for the first game on Saturday coming back…
Brandon Wikoff trots around the bases after hitting his 3rd homerun of the season It was the best game of the season in my opinion. For those that missed it, it’s too bad. You missed a heckuva battle between the Illini and the Golden Gophers of Minnesota. A couple facts…