The newly renovated home of the Michigan Wolverine baseball team with the complicated name of “The Wilpon Baseball Complex home of Ray Fisher Stadium”. Too much like Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Anyway, it IS nice. Joe Blackburn has once again gotten a mohawk like last year. Speaking of hair…
Phil Haig was lights out on Saturday On Saturday, Phil Haig was all business as he threw a two-hit shutout against the Purdue Boilermakers as Illinois won 2-0. The day before, Purdue scored 27 runs in the doubleheader. That same team was stymied by the freshman Haig who struck out…
There’s good news and bad news. Well, the good news is the Illini are going to the Big Ten tournament and we have Indiana to thank for that. The Hoosiers swept the Michigan State Spartans in Friday’s doubleheader and thereby eliminating them from tournament qualification. So on to Ann Arbor…
Once again the weather prevails. For the 15th time this season, a game has been affected by weather. Thursday’s game between Illinois and Purdue has been postponed. The game will be made up during the course of the weekend. Friday’s doubleheader will start an hour earlier at 3pp and there…
Next Game: Games #50-53 Thur May 15 6:05pm Fri May 16 3:00 (DH) Sat May 17 4:00pm (DH) Record: 29-20 Big Ten 15-12 vs Purdue at Illinois Field Champaign, IL Ok, Illini Fans, this is it. Our magic number is down to two. The Purdue Boilermakers are coming to town…
Thoughts on the Penn St series etc: Boy, that was a rough and wild ride. A total of 92 runs were scored by both teams for the four games. A total of 49 were scored by the Illini. The funny thing is that they did with only two homeruns (Hastings…
RF Trevor Huisinga went 2 for 3 with 2 rbis in a losing cause The Illini season is over. Purdue eliminated them from the Big Ten tournment, defeating them 10-5. Never mind the details (maybe later) except that the Illini had a 5-4 lead in the sixth but couldn’t hold…
It’s a big weekend for Big Ten baseball. I won’t re-discuss the importance why since I did so a couple posts ago. Needless to say, the Illini and Northwestern need to win big for their own separate reasons. Well, both teams had 3:00 games today, the Wildcats playing Penn State…
In front of a record crowd Friday night, the Illini eked out a win against rival Purdue, 9-7. I was there and the wind, blowing to right-center, was so strong, I had a hard time holding on to my hat. That same wind played havoc with fly balls, taking two…
Purdue eliminated Illinois from the Big Ten Tournament today defeating them in a hard fought extra inning contest 4-3. Starter Jimmy Conroy kept the Illini in it for most of the game. One can hardly fault starting pitcher Jimmy Conroy who pitched a heck of a game. He pitched a…