Mlive.com has a good piece on Casey Crosby. For those Illini fans who tried to forget, Crosby was the Illini baseball recruit who got drafted in the fifth round in 2007 and took the money and ran. Not that blame him… it was a whopping $750,000 signing bonus that lured…
Former UI catcher Chris Robinson will be at Wrigley Field tomorrow. His AAA Iowa Cubs will be taking on the Las Vegas 51s 1:20pm Sunday in Chicago as a special promotion. Iowa (56-57) and Las Vegas (57-57) have almost identical won-loss records so it should be an excellent game. Robinson…
Good luck to Craig Lutes. His Lexington Snipes are battling it out with Paxton for the Eastern Illinois League Championship. It’s a two out three series between the Snipes vs Swedes. Today is the first game at Paxton at 2pm. Tomorrow the series will continue with Game #2 beginning…
Former University of Illinois catcher Lars Davis has had rough second half with the Modesto Nuts at the Advanced A level but Wednesday night it looks like he’s beginning to make amends. In front of a home crowd against the Bakersfield Blaze, he went 2 for 4 with 2 doubles. …
Summer league team Albany Dutchmen had a nice feature article all about our pitcher Wes Braun and fellow teammate Evan Tieles from Georgia. You can view the article on the Dutchmen’s web site. So far this year, Braun has had a good year. His 4.41 ERA is a bit deceptive. …
Shawn Roof It’s Birthday time for Illini baseball players! Today, on August 3, four former Illini will celebrate birthdays. Happy Birthday to Ryan Hastings, Ty Milner, Shawn Roof and Scott Shaw. Milner and Shaw were even born on the exact day. So if you know any of these guys, wish…
Former Illini Scott Shaw gave his St Lucie Mets a needed boost Saturday. Not only are the his Class A Affiliate Mets languishing in last place in the Florida State League but they were coming off a five game losing streak. Shaw responded by pitching a complete game win over…
My friend Sue who I met at Illinois Field this year, called the other day and we caught up on Illinois Baseball news. She gently prodded me to write something about Brandon Wikoff. She’s totally right… Brandon deserves some coverage for what he’s doing in the minors right now. First…
Dominic Altobelli is on a roll now in the minors. Playing for the Casper Ghosts in the Rookie League, he has a 11 game hit streak going back July 1. According to his father Mike, Dom’s manager is trying him out at 2B just to keep him in the lineup. …
A while back I posted a note saying that the Delmarva Shorebirds were taking questions to ask Kyle Hudson (and teammate L.J. Hoes) in an interview. The Shorebirds have conducted their interview and it is now posted on the Shorebirds website. I’m listening to it right now. I see from…