Congrats to Chris Robinson who made the Canadian Olympic Baseball team! Robinson, who is a University of Illinois alum, was taking a respite from his time in the Cubs farm system so he could help his fellow teammates on the Canadian team qualify for the Beijing games. For his efforts,…
Roof during his Illini days Shawn Roof, who only last spring played shortstop for the Illini and then was drafted by the Tigers, has gotten a promotion. After playing the bulk of this summer for the Tiger’s A team, the Lakeland Flying Tigers, he’s going to Double-A ball. He’s now…
Congrats to Illini baseball Phil Haig and Brandon Wikoff. Both recently were honored by the Northwoods League. Hurler Phil Haig was named to the Northwoods League All-Star team after going 4-1 with a tiny 1.05 ERA for the Rochester Honkers. So far this season, he’s struck out 42 while walking…
The Rochester Post-Bulletin has a nice writeup on Illini catcher Aaron Johnson who is spending his summer playing for the Rochester Honkers. Haha, I love this bit: “Aaron likes to complain, not in a bad way, but in a loud way,” Honkers manager Jason Plourde said with a grin. “If…
Illini secondbaseman Joe Bonadonna’s summer has been quite tumultuous up north. The weekend after the amateur draft, Joe signed his release waiver from the Duluth Huskies where he’s been a fan favorite for years. Huskies management turned in the waiver and despite that Bonadonna had expressed regrets, there was nothing…
Hudson off to a good start with the Aberdeen Ironbirds The 2008 Illini draftees have made a good impression so far in the minors. If the first couple weeks are any indication, they are in the pros for a while. Former Illini and All-Big Ten centerfielder Kyle Hudson is at…
It looks like Willie Argo who was picked in the 49th round will pitch for Illinois in 2009. The Assumption High School (Davenport, IA) product says that “it’s about 100 percent” that he’ll be wearing the orange and blues. Good news for us Illini fans. No doubt though, Argo will…
Some news regarding Illini draftees: It came out today that Illinois CF Kyle Hudson who went early, the fourth round, has reached a contract agreement with the Baltimore Orioles. He plans to play for their Class A team in Aberdeen, MD by next week. Illini hurler Scott Shaw, drafted by…
The Duluth News Tribune has a rather unfortunate news item regarding Illini secondbaseman Joe Bonadonna who was stationed up in the Minnesota town to play for the Duluth Huskies in the Northwoods League. The upshot of the story: Bonadonna was so disappointed about not being selected in last week’s baseball…
Collegiate Baseball selected Illinois outfielder Casey McMurray as a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American. McMurray hit .331 for the season and was tied for the team lead in doubles with 12. In addition, Mac was named Big Ten Player of the Week on April 28. He started 48 games all in…