It was a chilly day for baseball but when the sun came out, it wasn’t so bad. The wind blew straight out to center. We were even treated to a smattering of snowflakes in the fifth inning which didn’t amount to anything. Nonetheless, it was baseball and it was here…
Four hits by first baseman Ryan Hastings helped Illinois put down the Kansas Jayhawks 11-9 on Wednesday. Aside from going 4 for 4, Hastings clubbed a homer and a double with 3 runs and 2 rbis. Kyle Hudson, Joe Bonadonna and Brandon Wikoff all contributed 2 hits apiece. It was…
The Illinois baseball season starts a week from Friday in the warm weather of Texas (see University of Illinois baseball schedule here). FightingIllini.com just did an in-house review of the position players. No doubt a review of the pitchers will be coming soon. There will be some changes on the…
I dropped by the fourth game of the Orange and Blue series after work today. I ran into former Illini shortstop Shawn Roof at the game. I hadn’t seen Roof (shown above with junior Nathan Lawrence) since the Big Ten Tournament last spring so we caught up with each other. …
Congrats are in order for University of Illinois’ Joe Bonadonna. He was awarded the Rawlings Silver Glove for his play at second base while playing second base for the Duluth Huskies in the Northwoods League. In addition to his fine work with the glove, Bonadonna broke the league record with…
Summer League Action Illini Joe Bonadonna broke the Northwoods League record for steals. The former record, held by ex-Illini Ryan Rogoski was 44 and Bonadonna swiped his 45th base in his final game in the summer league. As a bonus, his Duluth Huskies won the first half NWL championship and…
Don’t look now but Illini pitchers Aaron Martin and Ben Reeser are 1-2 in victories in the Coastal Plain League. It’s playoff time in college summer leagues and ten Illini will be enjoying the fruits of postseason play. Check out the details at the Fighting Illini website. Looks like Joe…
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…
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…
What a lovely day it was for a ballgame! Of course it would have been nicer had we not missed the first few innings because I forgot my Go Illini card at home. Reliever Brian Long By the time we got there Brian Long had things well in hand. He…