26 games in a row: Justin Parr’s infield hit to short breaks the record. Just as the game between the Illini and the Northwestern Wildcats began on Saturday afternoon, it began to rain. It was a little mist at first but a steady rain soon followed. The bad weather didn’t dampen the Illinois bats though. [...]
Filed under: Game Recaps on April 27th, 2013 | Leave a Comment! »
I’ll admit, my photo of Cornhusker Michael Pritchard scares me a little As they say, all good things must come to an end. After winning twelve of their last thirteen games, Illinois Baseball faced reality in the form of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. In their home opener and the Big Ten opener, the Illini lost to [...]
Filed under: Game Recaps on March 22nd, 2013 | Leave a Comment! »
There was a nice feature article in the Daily Herald about Illinois walk-on pitcher Andrew Mamlic last week. Andrew is a right handed pitcher from Wheaton North high school. Andrew “has been clocked throwing his fastball 90mph and (has) an almost unhittable slider”, according to Herald reporter Dan Mamlic (hmm, relation??). Mamlic is listed as [...]
Filed under: Off Season Happenings on October 22nd, 2012 | Leave a Comment! »
