Just catching up on a few stories… The Daily Illini has a nice article on the Parr brothers not to mention Dad Cam who we find out was a shortstop himself at Huntington University. Speaking of shortstops, former Illini shortstop Brandon Wikoff (left, during his Illini days) has been doing…
I really hope you came to the park last night. If you missed Illinois’ exciting 13-9 victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes, you missed, in my guess, one of the best games of past few years. It ranks up their with our win against the same Ohio State team two…
In case you haven’t heard, this Friday is the 3rd annual Bleacher Bum Barbeque. In addition to a great Illinois-Ohio State baseball matchup, there will be free food, inflatable games for the kids, fireworks and presumably a lot of people. If you want to get in on the free grub,…
First things first, Wednesday’s game against Bradley has been canceled. Something about impending storms and flash floods. The game will not be made up. Last night’s contest against our sister school U of I Springfield began perhaps a little shaky but it didn’t take much time for the Illini to…
Why is this man smiling? Because today, he got a lot of offensive support. As a result, Illinois defeated Michigan 9-2. Kevin Johnson pitched a gem Friday afternoon striking out eight Wolverine batters. It was a complete game giving the bullpen some rest. Johnson’s win today was only his second…
Here’s the IlliniHQ.com’s summary from last night’s win against Iowa entitled ‘Shelton delivers’. I get personal satisfaction from that because Thomas Shelton is a student in the department where I work. Keep it up, Thomas! IlliniHQ also had an accompanying ‘just-the-facts’ article. By the way, it’s official, Josh Parr injured…
Josh Parr and Co will attempt to win their first Big Ten series this weekend This weekend, the Illini will be hosting their first Big Ten series. They’ll be hosting the 11-15 Iowa Hawkeyes. Weather permitting, that is. I doubt the Illinois weather will prevent any action on Friday but…
Three hits for Brandon Hohl I’m not much in terms of fan support, I guess. When I left my office to watch the Illinois play Benedictine, Gametracker told me we were ahead 4-1. When I got to Illinois Field (just a hop, skip and a jump across the cemetery), they…
With a Willie Argo triple and a Josh Parr rbi single, the Illini once again won in the ninth inning, this time against Penn State 7-6 in the Big Ten opener on Friday night. This extends the Illini’s winning streak to five games and they are now breaching the .500…
Josh Parr and company will try to make it five straight Friday afternoon Now it’s for real. Throw everything else out the window. These games count. Illinois baseball goes back east this weekend to Penn State for the 2011 Big Ten opener. After opening the season 4-10, they’re now riding…