Brandon Wikoff You can get a very thorough wrap-up of the 2007 University of Illinois baseball season on their web site now. It covers team and player highlights, series summaries, awards, record breakers, you name it. Also, they have another installment of Summer Diamond Notes. These are the periodic…
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…
Scott Shaw pitching during the Big Ten Tournament Fightingillini.com has starting pitcher Scott Shaw up this week for their regular series of University of Illinois baseball player reporting back from their collegiate leagues. Shaw is pitching for the Waterloo Bucks in the Northwoods League. He’s doing a good job up…
Northwoods League. Coastal Plain League. Central Illinois Collegiate League. I’ve written about about these leagues and others like them. They’re all college summer leagues and they serve a very important purpose in developing college baseball players. In this episode of Baseball Zealot Radio, I interview Andrew Hartwell who, as far…
Brian from Big Ten Hardball pointed out to me that University of Illinois’ Ben Reeser is putting up some good numbers for the Fayetteville Swampdogs in the Coastal Plain League. He’s 3-0 with a 0.36 ERA in 25 1/3 innings. He’s leading the CPL in ERA. Swampdog teammate and Illini…
The Illini who are playing in college summer leagues have been busy typing away for the fightingillini.com’s Summer Diamond Notes. A few days ago, Mike Stankewicz checked in from the Crystal Lake Cardinals and just today, Nick Stockwell writes from the Lombard Orioles. Both are in the Chicago Suburban League.…
Fightingillini.com has their first college summer league update. Dom Altobelli checks in from the Coastal Plain League.
It’s summertime and the Illinois baseball season is over. However, fourteen of the Illini players are honing their skills in college summer leagues. There is a web page at fightingillini.com that lists the players and who they will be playing for. A bonus: the page includes links to the teams…
University of Illinois shortstop Shawn Roof received quite an honor this week from his summer college league. The Coastal Plain League named Roof to their All-Decade Team in celebration of their first 10 years in existence. Not a big deal? Well, take a look at some of the players sharing…
Illini fans know that our ball players don’t stay idle during the summer season. They hone their craft in summer colliegiate leagues. Andrew is doing a good job keeping tabs on these leagues at his website called Summer Ball. Feel free to contact him with info about any summer college…