Illinois Baseball Report

Here’s some news on former Illini Christian Cummins.  Cummins (left in his Illini days) who played for Illinois his freshman year transferred to John A. Logan College for his sophomore year and did pretty well.  He hit .340 with 8 homeruns and 45 rbis. Now, according to The Southern, he’ll now be transferring to occasional [...]

Filed under: Off Season Happenings on July 28th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Despite the rain, almost 500 fans (and their umbrellas) showed up to watch the Illini It was an off and on rainy day at Illinois Field for the Illini’s last home Big Ten game.  Finishing off their series against Purdue, they hoped to win the rubber game and help their chances in the Tournament hunt [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 16th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

It was a tough game for the Illini tonight losing to Southern Illinois.  When the score was 3-2 after four innings, it looked like it might be one of those games where the teams might trade leads back and forth all game.  Not so.  After Christian Cummins scored on a wild pitch in the bottom [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 4th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

The Northwestern offensive punch returned today as they defeated Illinois 7-5 Sunday.  We saw too much of this today Illini starter Kevin Manson saw way too many celebrations at home plate, today.  He gave up four Wildcat homeruns in 4 2/3 innings.  Unfortunately, Manson was throwing beach balls as everything they hit was hit hard [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 2nd, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

If we keep these 1-2 Big Ten weekends up, we’ll be watching the Big Ten tournament from home.  With Illinois’ 16-1 loss to the Michigan State Spartans on Saturday, that will make it three straight weekends against conference teams with only one win. MSU’s 16 runs were spread throughout the game and hence, all our [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 25th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

It was a good day to be an Illini fan today.  Illinois got their revenge for Friday night’s loss by defeating Michigan 6-2. However, it started out ominously enough.  Michigan’s leadoff hitter, Pat Biondi hit the second pitch of the game for a homerun and I wouldn’t blame Illini fans in the stands if they [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 17th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Shortstop Josh Parr ponders the scoreboard in the seventh inning Can we just forget about Friday night? Friday’s night’s game against Michigan was over pretty much before we knew it.  I had to feel for anyone who came a few innings late to the game.  When they walked in and saw the 15-0 lead Michigan [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 17th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Nothing like a little summer talk to warm you up on a winter day. The Coastal Plain League’s Fayetteville Swampdogs have announced their first signings of the season.  This college summer league team based in North Carolina has been known for taking in Illini players during the summer and 2010 will be no different.  The [...]

Filed under: Summer League on January 14th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

It’s been a while since I’ve written anything about the Illini.  But yesterday, news came out that six Illinois players have signed letters of intent. As of now, the 2009 class includes Christian Cummins of Harrisburg, Ill., Davis Hendrickson, of Macomb, Ill., Brandon Hohl, of Mokena, Ill., Kevin Johnson, of Midlothian, Ill., Matt Milroy, of [...]

Filed under: Recruits on November 13th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »