Wednesday, the Big Ten recognized the academic achievements of 1,037 conference athletes from Spring 2010 by naming them to the Academic All-Conference teams of their respective sport. Of the 79 baseball players honored, ten were from the University of Illinois. Congrats to them all! University of Illinois Spring Academic…
Today, Illinois closed out the 2010 season with a 16-6 loss against Indiana. It was a classic Hoosier victory with sixteen runs and seventeen hits (although only one homerun). Senior Kevin Manson took the loss. Indiana knocked Manson around pretty well. They scored six runs (five earned) in three innings. …
The Northwestern offensive punch returned today as they defeated Illinois 7-5 Sunday. We saw too much of this today Illini starter Kevin Manson saw way too many celebrations at home plate, today. He gave up four Wildcat homeruns in 4 2/3 innings. Unfortunately, Manson was throwing beach balls as everything…
Friday was Bleacher Bum Barbecue at Illinois Field. I thought I’d post some photos reflective of today’s events. If you’re looking for an update of the Illinois-Northwestern game itself, here it is). Catcher Adam Davis was confident before the game Tonight’s attendance was the fifth largest in history …
Under a full moon, the Illini got the win they needed to get back on track tonight. They beat the visiting Bradley Braves 8-5. Giller was a triple shy of the cycle Mike Giller was the hero of the night. Giller drove in a career high five rbis on three…
Friday, Illinois split a doubleheader with the Michigan State Spartans. They eked out a win in Game 1 in 10 innings by the score of 4-3 but were outslugged 10-2 in Game 2. In any other year, I would pretty much expect a split with the Spartans. But this year,…
Shortstop Josh Parr ponders the scoreboard in the seventh inning Can we just forget about Friday night? Friday’s night’s game against Michigan was over pretty much before we knew it. I had to feel for anyone who came a few innings late to the game. When they walked in and…
Willie Argo reached a milestone and Kevin Manson pitched three masterful innings last night as Illinois defeated the Eastern Illinois Panthers 10-1. Willie Argo takes a lead off third We all knew Willie Argo was good but last night, he got his 100th hit against the Panthers. According to the…
It was a rather disappointing weekend for the Illini who won just one against Iowa. A sweep wasn’t out of the question for me. The offense only generated six runs in the last two games and generally in college games that’s not enough. Ironically, the one game when Illinois gave…
It was the Willie Argo show today as the Illini defeated Southeastern University 11-3 down in Winter Haven, Florida. Looking at their schedule, Southeastern is used to scoring in double-digits but today, Kevin Manson and company managed to keep the damage to a minimum. Despite the Fire’s ten hits, they…