Today was my first trip out to Illinois Field. The second I stepped outside the building I work, I heard the ping of the bats (yes, I work that close). I walked across the cemetery that separated me from the field and voila!, I was there. It’s been a good…
Just a few photos from Thursday’s workout. Showing again Illinois’ new world order, last year’s secondbaseman Josh Parr is getting a workout at short. A home plate view of freshman righty Matt Milroy. I love snapping the ball in mid flight. More photos from Thursday at the photo gallery.
Josh Parr played a big part in getting his West All-Stars a victory in the first ever Prospect League All-Star Game on Wednesday night. In front of 3,100 fans, Parr went 2 for 2 with 2 runs boosting his team to a 7-4 win. Parr was representing the home team…
Congratulations to Josh Parr. He made the All-Star team in the summer Prospect League. He will be representing his Springfield Sliders and will be playing for the West All-Stars. Parr will be the starting second baseman for the West team. He got the nod on the basis of his speed…
There was a positive “state of the program” article in the college paper The Daily Illini today. They interviewed Coach Hartleb and infielder Josh Parr.for the piece. Quoth Hartleb: “The LSU series, it showed not only our team, but people across the country that we have improved as a program…
There’s an excellent article about Illini 2B Josh Parr who is spending his summer in the state capital playing for the Springfield Sliders. The article is focusing on Josh’s strong Christian faith. Springfield is only an hour and half away… maybe I’ll try to swing over there and catch a…
College summer leagues have already begun their seasons and Illinois players are among those playing. The University of Illinois baseball program has sent 21 players throughout the the country to 13 teams in nine different summer leagues. The Northwoods League, always a big client of the U of I, will…
I really thought we had them. Going into the bottom of the sixth, we had a three-run lead. But then again, this was Ohio State and we all know about their offense. The Bucks scored two runs in each of the last three innings to defeat Illinois 7-4. Aaron Johnson…
The linescore pretty much says it all After spotting Michigan State four runs on an Eric Roof grand slam in the 3rd inning, Illinois came back like they were possessed scoring sixteen unanswered runs. MSU managed to put one more across for the final tally of 16-5. Take away the…
With four teams vying for first place in the Big Ten, Illinois went into their series with Purdue hoping to go 3-0. Unfortunately, after game 1, that isn’t going to be a reality. Today they lost to Purdue 12-5. They battled through 4 1/2 innings, tying the game 3-3. However,…