Illinois Baseball Report

Dominic Altobelli is on a roll now in the minors.  Playing for the Casper Ghosts in the Rookie League, he has a 11 game hit streak going back July 1.  According to his father Mike, Dom’s manager is trying him out at 2B just to keep him in the lineup. 
For the year, Altobelli is [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on July 28th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

A while back I posted a note saying that the Delmarva Shorebirds were taking questions to ask Kyle Hudson (and teammate L.J. Hoes) in an interview. 
The Shorebirds have conducted their interview and it is now posted on the Shorebirds website.  I’m listening to it right now.  I see from the accompanying article that John [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on July 27th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Josh Parr played a big part in getting his West All-Stars a victory in the first ever Prospect League All-Star Game on Wednesday night.  In front of 3,100 fans, Parr went 2 for 2 with 2 runs boosting his team to a 7-4 win. 
Parr was representing the home team Springfield Sliders as the game [...]

Filed under: Summer League on July 17th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

The Pacific Coast League lost to the International League 6-5 in their annual All-Star Game last night in front of a crowd of 16,000.  Former Illini Chris Robinson did his part for the PCL, though.  As starting catcher, he went 1-2 and scored a run.
Here is the box score. 
My fellow blogger Teddy Ballgame on [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on July 16th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

The Delmarva Shorebirds will be holding a Q&A session with former Illini Kyle Hudson.  Here are details on how to submit questions if you’re interested.  The deadline to submit is July 22. 
The Q&A is an effort to “connect fans with the Shorebirds players”.  Fellow Shorebird L.J. Hoes will also be participating in the Q&A [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on July 15th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

The Northwoods League announced their 2009 All-Star teams and our own Mike Giller made the cut.  Giller is spending his summer with the Waterloo Bucks. 
Giller (playing shortstop, by the way) is hitting a nifty .373 which leads the league.  That makes him the only .300 hitter on his team.  He also leads the [...]

Filed under: Summer League on July 14th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

There are college baseball websites I check out and there are pro baseball websites I browse.  And unless it’s MLB draft time, never the twain shall meet.
So when it was twittered (by @IlliniBaseball in case you’re wondering) that Brandon Wikoff was mentioned on one of my favorite web sites that mostly focuses on major [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on July 10th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Congratulations to Josh Parr.  He made the All-Star team in the summer Prospect League.  He will be representing his Springfield Sliders and will be playing for the West All-Stars. 
Parr will be the starting second baseman for the West team.  He got the nod on the basis of his speed and ability to get [...]

Filed under: Summer League on July 10th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Got a call from Illini baseball fan Sue who I haven’t seen since the last home series.  We chatted a bit on some of the summer goings-on of the Illini.  She clued me into some big news about Joe Bonadonna
Bonadonna (left), who was grabbed by the Rangers in the 43rd round has been doing [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on July 3rd, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

There was a positive “state of the program” article in the college paper The Daily Illini today.  They interviewed Coach Hartleb and infielder Josh Parr.for the piece.
Quoth Hartleb:
“The LSU series, it showed not only our team, but people across the country that we have improved as a program and we can compete against some of [...]

Filed under: Media on July 1st, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »