Seems second time is better for former Illini outfielder Kyle Hudson… at least when it comes to Triple-A. The first time Hudson (left during his Illinois days) was promoted to the Baltimore Oriole AAA affiliate Norfolk Tides, he could only muster a .197 average. This time he’s hitting .373 with…
It was announced today that Drew Dickinson was named University of Illinois baseball pitching coach. Dickinson’s impressive credentials do him justice. While playing for the Illini, he earned two All-American awards and was conference Pitcher of the Year. After a seven year pro career (reaching as high as AA ball),…
Here’s some news on former Illini Christian Cummins. Cummins (left in his Illini days) who played for Illinois his freshman year transferred to John A. Logan College for his sophomore year and did pretty well. He hit .340 with 8 homeruns and 45 rbis. Now, according to The Southern, he’ll…
There was a nice feature article about Josh Parr in his hometown paper, the Chillicothe Times-Bulletin today. Former Illini Parr, who was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks this summer, is now playing for the Class A Missoula Osprey. So far, he’s done well, playing every day and hitting .292.
Fightingillini.com has a pretty comprehensive update on how our players are doing in their various 2011 summer leagues. Rather than summarize it all up, I’ll just link to it and you can read it for yourself. You can find it at the Fighting Illini baseball site. As for my summer,…
Former Illini hurler Scott Shaw was named American Association Pitcher of the Week on Monday. Shaw, who pitches for the Gary SouthShore RailCats (he’s teammate of another former Illini Mike Rohde), not only threw a three-hit shutout but did it against the reigning league champion Shreveport-Bossier Captains. For the year,…
Jason Anderson, the former Illini pitcher who made it to the bigs, is calling it a career. Anderson who was drafted from Illinois in 2000 by the New York Yankees, played three years in the majors for the Yankees, Mets and Indians. Since then the Danville native has bounced between…
Brandon Hohl had a big game on Friday night for his Wisconsin Rapids Rafters. He hit two homers with three rbis. The Rafters won 11-2 keyed by Hohl’s performance. Here is the box score.
Just a little catch-up on some news lately: An infielder from Dakota Dunes, SD has signed a letter of intent. David Kerian can play shortstop, third base, or second base. He’s also a switch hitter. He’s a valuable prospect it seems. He was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the…
I’m a little late with this but some former Orange and Blue celebrated the Red, White and Blue this past 4th of July weekend. Former catcher Lars Davis (left with Illinois) had a fantastic game with the Double-A Tulsa Drillers’ record setting 17-5 performance at their new ONEOK Field. He…