Illinois Baseball Report

Thursday, Illinois entered the loser’s bracket at the Big Ten Tournament as they lost to the Minnesota Golden Gophers 10-3. Starter Mike Stankiewicz The Gophers got to starter Mike Stankiewicz early as they hit him for 5 runs in the first inning and four runs before he got his first out. Brian Long replaced Stanky [...]

Filed under: 2007 Big Ten Tournament on May 24th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Sitting in my hotel room in Ypsilanti, I just had this come across the ticker. Lars Davis has become the second player to be awarded the Big Ten Player of the Year award in three years. Drew Davidson won it in 2005. Davis certainly has the qualifications. He led the conference in homeruns (13), slugging [...]

Filed under: Awards on May 23rd, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Ray Fisher stadium, home of the University of Michigan baseball team, seems like a pretty decent facility. I (and at least one other person who I gave directions to) had a little problem finding the place partially because of all the construction going on and because I got some bad advice from a bus driver. [...]

Filed under: 2007 Big Ten Tournament on May 23rd, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Here we go, Illini, Here we go! Here we go, Illini, here we go! It sure is nice to be in the winners’ bracket. No incredible comeback today at the first round of the Big Ten Tournament. Nope, the Illinois had things pretty much under control from the very start against the Iowa Hawkeyes as [...]

Filed under: 2007 Big Ten Tournament on May 23rd, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

I’m finally coming down a bit from Sunday’s incredible comeback by the Illini over Michigan State. It’s not often you see a team come back from a 7-0 deficit to win 8-7 in a must-win game. But I’m sure the Illini baseball team isn’t looking back… they’re looking forward. Forward to Wednesday at 11:05 (Central) [...]

Filed under: 2007 Big Ten Tournament, Game Previews on May 21st, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

First of all, let me get this out of the way: Yessss! All Right!! WOW! Way to go, Illini! Woo hoo! I-L-L, I-N-I!! Whew. Sunday’s scoreboard shows the incredible comeback by the Illini Yes, the Illini won today. In a must-win game in order to go on to the Big Ten tournament, the University of [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 20th, 2007 | 8 Comments »

Game Two’s scoreboard says it all It wasn’t a good day for Illinois baseball. They lost both games to the Michigan State Spartans and it wasn’t really close. They were outscored 23-7 for the two games. I hope Coach Hartleb has some good words of wisdom for boys in Orange and Blue. They need to [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 19th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Tonight’s game against the Spartans of Michigan State had it all. You name it… an injury, questionable umpiring, sibling rivalry, a comeback by the Illini. What a game! Coach Hartleb passed by where I was twenty minutes before the game. I asked him, “Are you ready?” “I’m ready but that doesn’t matter.” Well, it looked [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 18th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Ben Taylor from the U of I Athletic Department interviewed University of Illinois Designated Hitter Daniel Webb on Wednesday. Webb talks about hitting in the 5 hole and being the DH as well as the Illini’s series against Michigan, Indiana and the game against Missouri. You can download the video podcast and others from the [...]

Filed under: Media on May 17th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

The victory celebration after an Indiana game: I’m hoping to see four more of these Forget what I said before. This weekend is the big one. The Spartans are coming into town and the these games really matter. The Illini need to win at least two out of four against Michigan State in order for [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on May 17th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »