I don’t think anyone who remembers the Shawn Roof era of Illini baseball will be too surprised by this. But it is a testament to the former Illinois shortstop’s infectious personality. Essentially, Roof’s former minor league team, the Erie SeaWolves are marketing his return to Erie, as an opponent, to…
Some fans passed on this photo of former Illini Shawn Roof. They saw Shawn play on August 4th when he was playing for the single-A Lakeland (Fla) Flying Tigers. The good news is that Shawn has been promoted to Double-A since then. After hitting .348 in 14 games for Lakeland,…
Former Illini shortstop Shawn Roof, who played for the AAA Toledo Mudhens in 2010, left a Illini legacy that will not soon be forgotten. Sure there are the on-the-field accomplishments. In his senior year in 2007, he broke the team single season record for steals and hit by pitches. By…
Last night, I went with friends (thanks to all of you, I know you’ll read this) to see the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians-Toledo Mudhens game. A baseball game is always fun but when former Illini Shawn Roof is the starting thirdbaseman for one of the teams, it makes it awesome. So…
As you may know, Shawn Roof is now playing for the AAA Toledo Mudhens and tonight and tomorrow night, he’s playing in Indianapolis. This is as close as he’s gotten to Urbana in his minor league career. Here’s my chance to see him in action. So with the help of…
It’s a busy week on campus. All the University students are back and finding their way to their new classes. Good luck to the players this semester. I don’t need to remind them how important their studies are. To their credit, Coach Hartleb and the rest of the coaching staff…
I just got back in to town from a well-deserved and very-much-enjoyed two week vacation. Our family spent most of it in Wyoming. I was a hop, skip and a jump away from Casper which made me think of Dom Altobelli who did a short stint with the single-A Ghosts…
There’s good news coming from former Illini shortstop Shawn Roof. He’s now playing AAA baseball. The Tigers’ affiliate Toledo Mudhens now have Shawn on the team and given his performance in his first game, they might be happy they do. He went 2 for 4 in his AAA debut! Nice…
Today, Illinois closed out the 2010 season with a 16-6 loss against Indiana. It was a classic Hoosier victory with sixteen runs and seventeen hits (although only one homerun). Senior Kevin Manson took the loss. Indiana knocked Manson around pretty well. They scored six runs (five earned) in three innings. …
Aaron Johnson slides in to score in Illinois’ big six-run first inning When I woke up today, I wasn’t sure we weren’t going to have a ballgame. It was raining and I heard thunder every so often. Thankfully, the clouds parted by about 2pm and we had about the most…