It’s been quite a month for former Illini shortstop Brandon Wikoff. First, he hit two homeruns in two games last week. Then he was honored by the Astros organization getting the Minor League Defensive Player of the Month award for his team. Now it looks like he’s moving up to…
Good news for former University of Illinois outfielder Kyle Hudson. The fleet-footed centerfielder been called to the bigs! The Baltimore Orioles called up Hudson yesterday to the parent organization to meet the September 1 deadline. He had been playing for the AAA Norfolk Tides and doing quite well. For the…
A few former Illini baseball players have been making noise in the minors in the past few days… Brandon Wikoff hit his second homerun in as many days last Wednesday. Unfortunately, it was in a losing cause as his AA Corpus Christi Hooks lost 3-2. But Brandon’s effort’s were rewarded…
As someone who works at the University of Illinois and lives four blocks from campus, I can tell you the atmosphere has really changed in the past week. U of I students have been back at classes for a week for the 2011 fall semester and campus is hustling! Good…
Former Illini and current Iowa Cubs fan favorite Chris Robinson is getting is due at the last game of the season. As a promotion on September 5, the AAA I-Cubs are recognizing the popular catcher by giving away jerseys commemorating him. From the Iowa Cubs website: Chris Robinson has been…
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’ve been migrating my Illinois baseball photos to a new and hopefully better photo gallery (using Smugmug). I was slightly delayed because I took a desperately-needed vacation this past two weeks but I’m ready to unveil it to everybody. You already see the…
If you haven’t noticed, there’s a new banner at the top of the IBR web page. This was one of my favorite photos from last season. Nothing captures emotion better than a key homerun during the last series of the season. We can thank Casey McMurray for all of this. …
Some fans passed on this photo of former Illini Shawn Roof. They saw Shawn play on August 4th when he was playing for the single-A Lakeland (Fla) Flying Tigers. The good news is that Shawn has been promoted to Double-A since then. After hitting .348 in 14 games for Lakeland,…
On Monday, Illini recruit Charlie Tilson finally made his decision and he chose to sign with the St Louis Cardinals who drafted him in this year’s MLB draft. It might not have been an easy decision to make but the $1.275 million may have helped the 79th round outfielder make…
On top of the news that Drew Dickinson has officially joined the Illini coaching staff, another former University of Illinois pitcher will be taking his place as volunteer assistant coach. Last week, it was announced that Jason Anderson will take on the position on the heels of the news that…