Illinois Baseball Report

Larry Fall blogs about sports at Penn State University and his blog, Happy Valley  Hardball covers the baseball team at PSU.  Happy Valley takes a unique look at the team as it is very stats-oriented and Larry even occasionally expands his coverage to the conference in general.  In light of Illinois’ opening Big Ten series [...]

Filed under: Feature on March 31st, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

For his efforts last week during the Spring Break Trip, Willie Argo became the second Illinois player to be honored by the Big Ten with the Player of the Week award.  Argo (left) had it coming.  His consistent offense throughout the week made me wonder if he would be considered for the award especially after [...]

Filed under: Analysis on March 29th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

The Illini are back from their Spring Break and ready to play up here in the north.  Fortunately, the weather is going to cooperate… at least for this week.  On Tuesday, Illinois will take on Illinois State University at their place in Normal.  ISU is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference where they are [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on March 29th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Fighting Illini.com has put the first installment of Inside Pitch online.  SID Ben Taylor interviews OF/DH Casey McMurray.  Among other things, McMurray talks about the Illini defeating then-#12 Coastal Carolina and the upcoming Big Ten opener with Penn State.     Also, Lee Zerrusen continues his beat as the blogger for the team.  In Diamond [...]

Filed under: Media on March 27th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

There’s been a strong effort by the UI baseball program to get back to its roots, to learn its history.  It’s something I heartily embrace and I know a lot of fans feel the same.  Many have asked me if there was some sort of repository of information on Illini Baseball (“do you know when [...]

Filed under: history on March 26th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

This isn’t showing up on the official roster yet but Northwest Indiana Times reports that former Illinois pitcher Drew Dickinson has been signed by the Gary Southshore Railcats.  The Railcats are in the independent Northern League.  Dickinson came over from the Schaumburg Flyers to help complete a trade.  Indeed, only a month and a half [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on March 26th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Could be that Illinois is finally showing what they are really capable of.?  I sure hope so.  After sweeping the doubleheader today against the Dartmouth Big Green today, the Illinois will come home to Illinois with a 5-1 record from their Spring Break trip.  That brings the Illini back up to .500 after starting the [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 24th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

It was the Willie Argo show today as the Illini defeated Southeastern University 11-3 down in Winter Haven, Florida.  Looking at their schedule, Southeastern is used to scoring in double-digits but today, Kevin Manson and company managed to keep the damage to a minimum.  Despite the Fire’s ten hits, they only put three runs across.  [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 23rd, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

We’re still in the middle of the Spring break trip but seeing it’s Monday, I’ll post this anyway.  A quick look at the standings:   Team Record Pct. Record Pct. Michigan State 0-0 .000 12-4 .750 Ohio State 0-0 .000 12-4 .750 Indiana 0-0 .000 9-9 .500 Michigan 0-0 .000 9-9 .500 Purdue 0-0 .000 [...]

Filed under: Analysis on March 22nd, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Apparently it’s not all sunshine and warm weather in Florida.  Like here in Central Illinois today, they are getting rain.  So today’s 4pm matchup between Dartmouth and Illinois was cancelled.  Since the Illini were going to play the Big Green for the second time on Wednesday anyway, today’s game has been re-scheduled for then as [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 21st, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »