Game #1 / February 15, 2013 vs 13 2 The Illinois Baseball players gave Coach Dan Hartleb a pretty nice birthday present today. An opening day win. Today, pretty much everything went right for the Illini as they defeated the Golden Eagles of Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles in Cookeville. …
Kevin Johnson: A pitcher to watch The Big Ten released its preseason poll of conference baseball coaches today. There’s good news and bad news. The good news is that if the coaches are right, Illinois should make the Big Ten Baseball Tournament. The bad news is that it will be…
With two weeks left before the Illinois baseball season starts, Jordan Parr gets in an interview with Illini Productions during practice at the Irwin Indoor Practice Facility. Jordan talks about coming back to the Illini after being drafted by the Dodgers, the new freshman on the team and even sneaks…
Brandon Hohl and Davis Hendrickson: Two of only five Illinois seniors Only a month and a half from now, the Illinois baseball team will begin their new season against Tennessee Tech. No time like the present to start to get to know our players of 2013. Before I get into…
With much hesitation, I changed the banner of IBR. I really liked the photo that was up there before (shown above). It wasn’t the sharpest image but boy, there was a lot of action and the expression on every guy’s face face is unique and priceless. And what’s with Corey…
Fightingillini.com has just posted a solid summary of this year’s summer league action by the Illini. Big congrats go out to Will Krug who was chosen to the National Amateur Baseball Federation College World Series All-Tournament team after his performance with the Crystal Lake Cardinals. For the summer, he hit…
Justin Parr is really putting it together for the Rochester Honkers in the Northwoods League this summer. Last night, he extended his hitting streak to 21 games and did it in style. He went 4 for 5 in the Honkers’ 11-3 defeat of Alexandria and hit a homerun with four…
The Post-Bulletin has a good article on the Parr twins, Justin and Jordan who are both playing for the Rochester Honkers in the Northwoods League. It sounds like Honkers Manager Zach Etheridge is getting used to seeing double: “I’m finally to the point where I can tell them apart…”I didn’t…
Rumors have been flying but it’s pretty much official now. Jordan Parr and Kevin Johnson will no sign with their minor league teams and will return to the University of Illinois baseball team for the 2013 season. This Friday is the official deadline for big league teams to sign players…
Matt Milroy: drafted 11th round by the Marlins Here’s a quick roundup of a few media stories that have come out these past few days surrounding the Illini Draft Class of 2012: -NBC affiliate WEEK has a video link to their interview with Jordan Parr after his selection in the…