Illinois Baseball Report

Today was my first trip out to Illinois Field.  The second I stepped outside the building I work, I heard the ping of the bats (yes, I work that close).  I walked across the cemetery that separated me from the field and voila!, I was there. 
It’s been a good four months since I’ve been [...]

Filed under: Spring Practice on March 10th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Just a few photos from Thursday’s workout.

Showing again Illinois’ new world order, last year’s secondbaseman  Josh Parr is getting a workout at short. 
 

A home plate view of freshman righty Matt Milroy.

I love snapping the ball in mid flight.
More photos from Thursday at the photo gallery.

Tags: fall practice, josh parr, Matt [...]

Filed under: Fall Happenings on September 10th, 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! »

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! »

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! »

 There’s an excellent article about Illini 2B Josh Parr who is spending his summer in the state capital playing for the Springfield Sliders.  The article is focusing on Josh’s strong Christian faith. 
Springfield is only an hour and half away… maybe I’ll try to swing over there and catch a game sometime. 
Something at the [...]

Filed under: Summer League on June 13th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

College summer leagues have already begun their seasons and Illinois players are among those playing.  The University of Illinois baseball program has sent 21 players throughout the the country to 13 teams in nine different summer leagues.
The Northwoods League, always a big client of the U of I, will see eight players from Illinois (Pete [...]

Filed under: Summer League on June 1st, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

I really thought we had them.  Going into the bottom of the sixth, we had a three-run lead.  But then again, this was Ohio State and we all know about their offense.  The Bucks scored two runs in each of the last three innings to defeat Illinois 7-4.

Aaron Johnson trots around the bases after his [...]

Filed under: 2009 Big Ten Tournament, Game Recaps on May 22nd, 2009 | 1 Comment »

The linescore pretty much says it all
After spotting Michigan State four runs on an Eric Roof grand slam in the 3rd inning, Illinois came back like they were possessed scoring sixteen unanswered runs.  MSU managed to put one more across for the final tally of 16-5.

Take away the grand slam and you could say starter [...]

Filed under: 2009 Big Ten Tournament, Game Recaps on May 20th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

With four teams vying for first place in the Big Ten, Illinois went into their series with Purdue hoping to go 3-0.  Unfortunately, after game 1, that isn’t going to be a reality.   
Today they lost to Purdue 12-5.  They battled through 4 1/2 innings, tying the game 3-3.  However, Purdue scored three in the [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 14th, 2009 | 1 Comment »