Today was the first day of fall classes at the University of Illinois. Anyone on campus has already noticed the extra hustle and bustle. I want to wish the Illinois baseball players a successful semester. Study hard and have fun (but not too much fun!) The Illini baseball schedule for…
Former Illini Willie Argo is doing his best to keep his Princeton Rays in the race. They’re chasing after a wild card spot in the Appalachian League. Willie (left in his Orange and Blue days) is doing his part, hitting .400 in his last 10 games including a 9 for…
Ottawa (IL) HS prospect Miguel Hermosillo has chosen Illinois. That said, he still hasn’t made up his mind about which sport he’s going to focus on. Not a problem. The University of Illinois is okay with that. “Illinois really was the team to beat for me since I made my…
Fightingillini.com has just posted a solid summary of this year’s summer league action by the Illini. Big congrats go out to Will Krug who was chosen to the National Amateur Baseball Federation College World Series All-Tournament team after his performance with the Crystal Lake Cardinals. For the summer, he hit…
Three Illini players contributed to the Rochester Honkers’ win in their last game of the Northwoods League season last night. Kevin Johnson (left, 3-3) pitched a five inning shutout for the win while Reid Roper went 3 for 4 with a grand slam. To top it off, Justin Parr went…
The Quad-City Times has a write-up on a new Illini baseball recruit. His name is Cody Sedlock from Rock Island Alleman (IL) High School. One year ago, Sedlock was part of the Rock Island American Legion team that won the Illinois state title championship. This spring as a junior, the…
Justin Parr is really putting it together for the Rochester Honkers in the Northwoods League this summer. Last night, he extended his hitting streak to 21 games and did it in style. He went 4 for 5 in the Honkers’ 11-3 defeat of Alexandria and hit a homerun with four…
A sports intern from the University of Illinois is getting famous simply for playing a silly song at a minor league baseball game. Last week, Derek Dye, was booted from a Daytona Cubs baseball game by the dour umpire for playing the song. ‘Three Blind Mice’. Through the Fence Baseball…
The Post-Bulletin has a good article on the Parr twins, Justin and Jordan who are both playing for the Rochester Honkers in the Northwoods League. It sounds like Honkers Manager Zach Etheridge is getting used to seeing double: “I’m finally to the point where I can tell them apart…”I didn’t…
Rumors have been flying but it’s pretty much official now. Jordan Parr and Kevin Johnson will no sign with their minor league teams and will return to the University of Illinois baseball team for the 2013 season. This Friday is the official deadline for big league teams to sign players…