Illinois Baseball Report

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 writings of Illini players who are [...]

Filed under: Awards, Summer League on July 31st, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

The Fayetteville Observer has a nice article about Illini pitcher Ben Reeser.     In between pitching for the Fayetteville Swampdogs, he is busy helping out the local Habitat for Humanity.    Share Tags: ben reeser, swampdogs Related posts Illini Baseball: 3/8 Post-weekend de-briefing (0) Zerrusen, freshman, signed to Fayetteville for the summer (0) Game 2 of Illini’s [...]

Filed under: Community stuff on July 25th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

The University of Illinois have signed catcher Aaron Johnson from New Brunswick, Canada.  Aaron will be the third catcher in recent memory to don the orange and blue tools of ignorance from Canada.  The first two worked out so well I’m not surprised the Illini went north again.  Both Chris Robinson and Lars Davis were [...]

Filed under: Recruits on July 25th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Daniel Parker It’s recruiting season and the University of Illinois baseball staff are busy.  They’ve just received a letter of intent from Daniel PArker.  Parker is a SS/OF from Lawrence, Kansas.  Assistant coach Eric Snider was the key recruiter on this project and is high on Parker.  “He’s an offensive type of player who could [...]

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News came out that last year’s backup catcher, Joe Mercurio has just signed with University of Maine. From Lower Hudson Online: For much of their childhood, Joe Mercurio and Myckie Lugbauer were the best catchers their age in Putnam County. Their skill eventually extended far beyond the county’s borders; as seniors they were two of [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on July 14th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

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 3-2 with a 3.46 ERA [...]

Filed under: Awards, Summer League on July 14th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Former University of Illinois starting pitcher Brian Blomquist is on a roll. He’s had four straight quality starts for the Southern Illinois Miners culminating in Saturday night’s outing. That night, he pitched a four-hit shutout against the River City Rascals. “It had been a year since I had thrown in a real game before the [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on July 3rd, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »