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…
Brandon Hohl had a big game on Friday night for his Wisconsin Rapids Rafters. He hit two homers with three rbis. The Rafters won 11-2 keyed by Hohl’s performance. Here is the box score.
Just a little catch-up on some news lately: An infielder from Dakota Dunes, SD has signed a letter of intent. David Kerian can play shortstop, third base, or second base. He’s also a switch hitter. He’s a valuable prospect it seems. He was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the…
I’m a little late with this but some former Orange and Blue celebrated the Red, White and Blue this past 4th of July weekend. Former catcher Lars Davis (left with Illinois) had a fantastic game with the Double-A Tulsa Drillers’ record setting 17-5 performance at their new ONEOK Field. He…
In Big Ten land, today belongs to the Nebraska Cornhuskers. July 1 is their first official day of membership in our conference. Conference commissioner James Delany welcome message appeared in today’s Omaha World-Herald easing the team and school into the new era. Delany begins by focusing on the academic side…
Illinois’ All-Big Ten Third Team pitcher Wes Braun got some post season press coverage. He was interviewed by Jeremy Fine of Oy! Chicago, an online Jewish social website. It’s an illuminating interview… you’ll find out Wes’ hopes for the future, favorite Jewish ballplayers and favorite pizza. By the way, you…
Good news for former Illini 3B Dominic Altobelli. One week after getting written up in the local paper where he plays for the Tri-City Dust Devils, he’s been promoted to the next level. He’ll be playing for the Class A Asheville Tourists in the Colorado Rockies organization. Dom is off…
An excited email from Mike Altobelli landed in my inbox today. He was happy because Jack Millikin of the Tri-City Herald did a write-up on his son, former Illini thirdbaseman Dominic Altobelli. “I like the attitude Altobelli brings to the park. He wants to move up, but he’s not going…
By now, those members of the 2011 Illinois baseball team who were drafted and signed are getting used the minor league system and how it works. In some cases, players have been shuffling from one level to another. Case in point, I saw Adam Davis’ tweet today that he is…
Wow, what a game that two Illini had yesterday in the Northwoods League! Playing for the Madison Mallards, Willie Argo drove in six runs and Justin Parr got five hits. The Mallards won 16-3 over the Waterloo Bucks. For the record, Argo was 2 for 4 with two homeruns and…