Brandon Wikoff You can get a very thorough wrap-up of the 2007 University of Illinois baseball season on their web site now. It covers team and player highlights, series summaries, awards, record breakers, you name it. Also, they have another installment of Summer Diamond Notes. These are the periodic…
The Fayetteville Observer has a nice article about Illini pitcher Ben Reeser. In between pitching for the Fayetteville Swampdogs, he is busy helping out the local Habitat for Humanity.
The University of Illinois have signed catcher Aaron Johnson from New Brunswick, Canada. Aaron will be the third catcher in recent memory to don the orange and blue tools of ignorance from Canada. The first two worked out so well I’m not surprised the Illini went north again. Both Chris…
Daniel Parker It’s recruiting season and the University of Illinois baseball staff are busy. They’ve just received a letter of intent from Daniel PArker. Parker is a SS/OF from Lawrence, Kansas. Assistant coach Eric Snider was the key recruiter on this project and is high on Parker. “He’s an offensive…
News came out that last year’s backup catcher, Joe Mercurio has just signed with University of Maine. From Lower Hudson Online: For much of their childhood, Joe Mercurio and Myckie Lugbauer were the best catchers their age in Putnam County. Their skill eventually extended far beyond the county’s borders; as…
July is All-Star time not only for the Majors but also for the college leagues. University of Illinois is well represented on a few All-Star teams throughout the country. Scott Shaw and Joe Bonadonna faced off against each other last Wednesday in the Northwoods League All-Star Game. Shaw, who is…
Former University of Illinois starting pitcher Brian Blomquist is on a roll. He’s had four straight quality starts for the Southern Illinois Miners culminating in Saturday night’s outing. That night, he pitched a four-hit shutout against the River City Rascals. “It had been a year since I had thrown in…
Scott Shaw pitching during the Big Ten Tournament Fightingillini.com has starting pitcher Scott Shaw up this week for their regular series of University of Illinois baseball player reporting back from their collegiate leagues. Shaw is pitching for the Waterloo Bucks in the Northwoods League. He’s doing a good job up…
Northwoods League. Coastal Plain League. Central Illinois Collegiate League. I’ve written about about these leagues and others like them. They’re all college summer leagues and they serve a very important purpose in developing college baseball players. In this episode of Baseball Zealot Radio, I interview Andrew Hartwell who, as far…
Turns out Ben Reeser and Aaron Martin aren’t the only Illini doing well this summer. Take a look at Joey Bonadonna who is spending his dog days playing for the Duluth Huskies in the Northwoods League. Bonadonna has already broken the team single season record for stolen bases. He did…