Four hits by first baseman Ryan Hastings helped Illinois put down the Kansas Jayhawks 11-9 on Wednesday. Aside from going 4 for 4, Hastings clubbed a homer and a double with 3 runs and 2 rbis. Kyle Hudson, Joe Bonadonna and Brandon Wikoff all contributed 2 hits apiece. It was was a close victory though. [...]
Filed under: Game Recaps on March 21st, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »
I took a five day hiatus from the blog and the sports world in general as the family and I went to Chicago for an extended weekend. The only remotely sports related things I encountered was breezing by the Friendly Confines countless times on the Red Line and seeing a couple Chicago Blackhawks who were [...]
Filed under: Game Recaps on March 19th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »
After last weekend’s canceled series against Texas Tech, the University of Illinois baseball team heads south for spring break. Their destination is the IMG Academies in Bradenton, Florida where they will play five games. In between, they will take on Miami of Ohio at Ed Smith Stadium (the Cincinnati Reds’ spring training grounds) on Saturday [...]
Filed under: Game Previews on March 14th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »
A quiet news week on the Illini front since they weren’t able to find anyone to play ball with last weekend due to the weather in Dallas. That said, there are a couple tidbits worth passing along. Assumption (Davenport, IA) High School star Willie Argo seems to be ready to play for the Illini when [...]
Filed under: Awards, Recruits on March 11th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
No word on the FightingIllini.com site which still headlines the Texas Tech series preview but according to the Texas Tech Athletics website, the Illinois series with them has been canceled due to bad weather in Chicago: Texas Tech’s weekend baseball series with the Illinois Fighting Illini has beeen cancelled due to weather conditions in the [...]
Filed under: Game Previews on March 7th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »
Anyone who knows me that I’ve followed Shawn Roof since he and I met during his Illinois days. It seems so long ago but it was only a year ago when he entered his senior year as Illinois shortstop. Since then, he was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 2007 draft and entered their [...]
Filed under: Former Illini in the pros, Media on March 6th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »
I really thought the University of Illinois had a good chance against our sister campus, the University of Illinois-Chicago. UIC had only won one game going into this game and it wasn’t like we were playing some baseball powerhouse from the south. I guess this proves that we take all opponents seriously. The Illini did [...]
Filed under: Game Recaps on March 3rd, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »
The good guys had the lead but Stephen F Austin came back to score three runs in top of the 9th to pull a win out of the hat. Final Score SFA 8 Illinois 7. CF Kyle Hudson had 3 hits and two runs in his traditional eighth spot in the lineup. Frosh Casey McMurray, [...]
Filed under: Game Previews, Game Recaps on March 1st, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »
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