Illinois Baseball Report

After soundly defeating LSU 6-2 today, one has to wonder if Saturday’s 22-10 drubbing by the Tigers was just really bad dream. Much kudos goes to starter Ben Reeser who was one out away from a 3-hit shutout.  It was at that point, however, when the Tigers pumped some life back into the game.  An [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on March 8th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Wow!  It was almost as if the #1 LSU Tigers offense was punishing the Illini for embarrassing them for Friday’s 3-1 win.  In a game that was a polar opposite of that contest, LSU defeated the Illini today in a 22-10 slugfest at the Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, LA. The Illini got off [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 7th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Woo hoo! If only I was there at Alex Box Stadium tonight!  Illinois defeated the #1 LSU Tigers in a nailbiter 3-1.  Tonight’s game was the first of three games this weekend and the Illini got off to a great start, showing that they can win against ANY team. Starter Phil Haig did what he’s [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 6th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

This weekend the University of Illinois baseball team will play their first series honest-to-goodness series, that is, three games against the same team.  And boy, they will have their work cut for them. Louisiana State is 9-0 for the season and ranked #1 in the country.  No disrespect to our former opponents but this will [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on March 4th, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I’m posting about this now while it’s still relevant (i.e before this weekend’s series with #1 LSU).  Note the disparity of team ERAs among the Big Ten teams: from the Big Ten stats page: TEAM PITCHING G ERA —————————— Illinois………… 6 2.72 Minnesota……….. 7 4.50 Penn State………. 7 4.89 Indiana…………. 5 5.08 Michigan………… 9 5.18 [...]

Filed under: Analysis on March 4th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Joel Gillespie of the local online magazine, Smile Politely sat down with me Saturday and interviewed me for what can be best described as a "get-to-know-your-local-blogger" profile.  The end product, Zealous about Illini baseball turned out really well in my opinion. It also seems that he follows the Illinois baseball team.  It won’t be long [...]

Filed under: Feature on March 3rd, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Illini secondbaseman Josh Parr who is barely getting his feet wet in college ball, has already been honored by the conference by being named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week. Considering his performance at the Al Ogletree Tournament over the weekend, it shouldn’t be too much of a surprise. Parr was 7 for 10 with [...]

Filed under: Awards on March 2nd, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Hate to sound like a broken record but good starting pitching gave Illinois a victory down in Texas.  This time it was Ben Reeser who gave up just one earned run and six hits in 7 2/3 innings against Texas Arlington in the last game of the Al Ogletree tournament.  Illinois defeated the Mavericks 3-2. [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 1st, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »