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,…
On Monday, Illini recruit Charlie Tilson finally made his decision and he chose to sign with the St Louis Cardinals who drafted him in this year’s MLB draft. It might not have been an easy decision to make but the $1.275 million may have helped the 79th round outfielder make…
On top of the news that Drew Dickinson has officially joined the Illini coaching staff, another former University of Illinois pitcher will be taking his place as volunteer assistant coach. Last week, it was announced that Jason Anderson will take on the position on the heels of the news that…
Seems second time is better for former Illini outfielder Kyle Hudson… at least when it comes to Triple-A. The first time Hudson (left during his Illinois days) was promoted to the Baltimore Oriole AAA affiliate Norfolk Tides, he could only muster a .197 average. This time he’s hitting .373 with…
It was announced today that Drew Dickinson was named University of Illinois baseball pitching coach. Dickinson’s impressive credentials do him justice. While playing for the Illini, he earned two All-American awards and was conference Pitcher of the Year. After a seven year pro career (reaching as high as AA ball),…
Here’s some news on former Illini Christian Cummins. Cummins (left in his Illini days) who played for Illinois his freshman year transferred to John A. Logan College for his sophomore year and did pretty well. He hit .340 with 8 homeruns and 45 rbis. Now, according to The Southern, he’ll…
There was a nice feature article about Josh Parr in his hometown paper, the Chillicothe Times-Bulletin today. Former Illini Parr, who was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks this summer, is now playing for the Class A Missoula Osprey. So far, he’s done well, playing every day and hitting .292.
Fightingillini.com has a pretty comprehensive update on how our players are doing in their various 2011 summer leagues. Rather than summarize it all up, I’ll just link to it and you can read it for yourself. You can find it at the Fighting Illini baseball site. As for my summer,…
Former Illini hurler Scott Shaw was named American Association Pitcher of the Week on Monday. Shaw, who pitches for the Gary SouthShore RailCats (he’s teammate of another former Illini Mike Rohde), not only threw a three-hit shutout but did it against the reigning league champion Shreveport-Bossier Captains. For the year,…
Jason Anderson, the former Illini pitcher who made it to the bigs, is calling it a career. Anderson who was drafted from Illinois in 2000 by the New York Yankees, played three years in the majors for the Yankees, Mets and Indians. Since then the Danville native has bounced between…