Today’s number on the sports page of the News-Gazette was 44. That’s the number of rbis that Adam Davis (left) accrued this summer while playing for the Madison Mallards in the Northwoods League. That was good for sixth in the league. He accomplished this in part behind a .328 average. …
As you may know, Shawn Roof is now playing for the AAA Toledo Mudhens and tonight and tomorrow night, he’s playing in Indianapolis. This is as close as he’s gotten to Urbana in his minor league career. Here’s my chance to see him in action. So with the help of…
It’s a busy week on campus. All the University students are back and finding their way to their new classes. Good luck to the players this semester. I don’t need to remind them how important their studies are. To their credit, Coach Hartleb and the rest of the coaching staff…
After work today, I trekked on over to Illinois Field to see how construction was going on the improvements on the Illinois players’ clubhouse. I took some photos while I was there too. The UI baseball program has come out with a press release on the construction. Here are some…
Congrats to Adam Davis, Josh Parr and Matt Dittman who made the Northwoods League postseason All-Star team. All three had excellent summers for their respective teams. For the Rochester Honkers, Matt Dittman hit .332 with 44 rbis. Parr, who was with the Madison Mallards, hit .307 and scored 41 runs…
I just got back in to town from a well-deserved and very-much-enjoyed two week vacation. Our family spent most of it in Wyoming. I was a hop, skip and a jump away from Casper which made me think of Dom Altobelli who did a short stint with the single-A Ghosts…
There’s good news coming from former Illini shortstop Shawn Roof. He’s now playing AAA baseball. The Tigers’ affiliate Toledo Mudhens now have Shawn on the team and given his performance in his first game, they might be happy they do. He went 2 for 4 in his AAA debut! Nice…
As promised, I stopped by Illinois Field today and got some shots of the construction work they are doing on the players’ facility on the northwest corner of the park. Since it was Saturday, there wasn’t anyone actually working there but you do get a sense of what’s happening. It…
I noticed on the way to work that construction work is beginning on the locker room facility on the northeast side of Illinois Field. Rumors have been flying that they were going to upgrade the facility this summer. My guess is that the players are excited about this. I’ve already…
Corey Kimes showed he does well in the starting role last night for the Springfield Sliders. He pitched a complete game in the Sliders 2-1 win over the Hannibal Cavemen. Kimes struck out ten batters and only walked one and allowed four hits. For the season, he is 3-1 in…