Former Illini Kyle Hudson was named to Orioles blog Birds Watcher’s Top 20 Oriole Prospect list. They say: With the wide receiver instincts, and his great speed, he tracts the ball down very good in the outfield, reminding me some what of Adam Jones. I watched a highlight video of…
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…
It’s looking like a nice night for a ballgame for tonight’s Friday night matchup with Minnesota. By the 6pm gametime, it looks like partly sunny and around 70 degrees. Nice!! This is the night for a ballgame! Saturday will be warm but cloudy. Rain will be coming late but as…
I don’t think I need to tell any Illinois baseball fan how important this weekend’s series against Minnesota is. With five teams within one game of the top prize and Minnesota being at the top, Illinois needs to pull out at least a series win here. Big Ten Overall…
From my standpoint, Illinois’ game against SIU at Rent One Park in Marion, Illinois looked like a game of big innings. Unfortunately, the Salukis had one more of them than the Illini did. Southern had 5-0 lead thanks to a four run fourth inning when Blake Fairchild came on and…
Matt Dittman practices his “mean” face before the game with Eastern. It’s late so I’m going to keep this short. The Illini are heading to Marion, IL to play Coach Hartleb’s alma mater, Southern Illinois University. Hartleb will play down his time at SIU but word has it he was…
Cold. Cold. Cold. The temperature was a stiff 40 degrees at gametime and it was about that when the game ended. But it sure felt a whole lot cooler after standing in the wind for 2 1/2 hours. The Illini offense was pretty cool tonight managing only one run against…
I had my doubts about any Tuesday night game happening but it looks like this front just might move on through and while it won’t be sunny, it’s looking like the precipitation will be past us. If so, Eastern Illinois is coming to town and while most don’t think of…
I didn’t want to jinx it but I had a sneaky suspicion that Illinois firstbaseman Matt Dittman’s efforts against Michigan might have been good enough to garner him Big Ten Player of the Week. They were. Dittman had started in only one Big Ten game before this weekend and boy,…