Illinois Baseball Report

I stopped by Illinois Field today after work to observe practice.  The team was still in individual workouts so I’ll hold off on posting photos for the time being.  Coach Snider tells me that full team practice will probably begin after Wednesday.  The players look good.  Specifically, Matt Dittman looks to be in good form [...]

Filed under: Off Season Happenings on August 30th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Last night, I went with friends (thanks to all of you, I know you’ll read this) to see the Triple-A  Indianapolis Indians-Toledo Mudhens game.  A baseball game is always fun but when former Illini Shawn Roof is the starting thirdbaseman for one of the teams, it makes it awesome.  So it was. Let’s get this [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on August 28th, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Today’s number on the sports page of the News-Gazette was 44.  That’s the number of rbis that Adam Davis (left) accrued this summer while playing for the Madison Mallards in the Northwoods League.  That was good for sixth in the league.  He accomplished this in part behind a .328 average.  In case you’re wondering, Matt [...]

Filed under: Summer League on August 26th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

As you may know, Shawn Roof is now playing for the AAA Toledo Mudhens and tonight and tomorrow night, he’s playing in Indianapolis.  This is as close as he’s gotten to Urbana in his minor league career.  Here’s my chance to see him in action.  So with the help of some friends, I’m heading to [...]

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

It’s a busy week on campus.  All the University students are back and finding their way to their new classes.  Good luck to the players this semester.  I don’t need to remind them how important their studies are.  To their credit, Coach Hartleb and the rest of the coaching staff do a pretty good job [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on August 24th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

After work today, I trekked on over to Illinois Field to see how construction was going on the improvements on the Illinois players’ clubhouse.  I took some photos while I was there too. The UI baseball program has come out with a press release on the construction.  Here are some of pertinent details: it will [...]

Filed under: Off Season Happenings on August 20th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Congrats to Adam Davis, Josh Parr and Matt Dittman who made the Northwoods League postseason All-Star team. All three had excellent summers for their respective teams.  For the Rochester Honkers, Matt Dittman hit .332 with 44 rbis.  Parr, who was with the Madison Mallards, hit .307 and scored 41 runs and stole 21 bases.  Also [...]

Filed under: Summer League on August 17th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

I just got back in to town from a well-deserved and very-much-enjoyed two week vacation.  Our family spent most of it in Wyoming.  I was a hop, skip and a jump away from Casper which made me think of Dom Altobelli who did a short stint with the single-A Ghosts last year. Speaking of short [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on August 17th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »