Hudson in his Illinois days Former Illini and Mattoon, Illinois native Kyle Hudson is hitting the ball well lately while playing for the Delmarva Shorebirds, a team in the Class A South Atlantic League. For those who don’t know (like I didn’t), Delmarva is situated on the peninsula of Maryland. …
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College summer leagues have already begun their seasons and Illinois players are among those playing. The University of Illinois baseball program has sent 21 players throughout the the country to 13 teams in nine different summer leagues. The Northwoods League, always a big client of the U of I, will…
I started Illinois Baseball Report at the beginning of this year essentially because I thought the team really deserved it. I put a lot of time into it during the the the season and it’s been a lot of fun. Even though the University of Illinois baseball season is over,…
Here is the NCAA Baseball bracket and no, Illinois isn’t listed. I logically knew they didn’t have much of a chance but I watched the announcement on ESPN this morning regardless in case a miracle may have occurred. Minnesota, Ohio State and Indiana will all be representing the Big Ten…
I would like to take the time to thank Chris Webb (from The Buckeye Nine) for taking on the arduous task of bringing up Buckeye Nine Tournament Central, a blog which covered the Big Ten Tournament from a more independent (i.e. not Big Ten) perspective. Webb did a fantastic job. …
The Big Ten Tournament banner including Illinois’ Brandon Wikoff As always, I had a great time at the Big Ten Tournament. Win or lose, it’s a culmination of everything that the Illinois team has worked so hard for all season. They’ve exceeded everyone else’s expectations this season and each one…
The Hoosiers were on a roll and no one was going to stop them, not even the Gophers, who were pretty hot themselves. They won the Big Ten Tournament championship by defeating the red hot Minnesota Golden Gophers 13-2. This is Indiana’s first Tourney title in in 13 years. This…
Day and night. That’s how I’d describe the difference between Minnesota on Thursday and Minnesota on Friday. And unfortunately, Illinois had to play them Friday. The same Gopher team that couldn’t buy a hit against Indiana the day before and had its pitching pounded by their offense, came out a…
I really thought we had them. Going into the bottom of the sixth, we had a three-run lead. But then again, this was Ohio State and we all know about their offense. The Bucks scored two runs in each of the last three innings to defeat Illinois 7-4. Aaron Johnson…