Illinois Baseball Report

This shouldn’t be a big surprise. University of Illinois catcher Lars Davis went in the 3rd round (102nd overall) of the First-Year Player draft yesterday. The lucky team is the Colorado Rockies. I’ve probably said it before but I’ve never seen a college player exude professionalism the way Davis does. When he is playing, he [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on June 8th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Shawn Roof and me Let me first say I had a fantastic time. This was my second Big Ten Tournament and the first time I’ve traveled to see the Illini baseball team play. Every Illinois fan wishes they could have won the tournament but all things considered, I thought they played well. They were able [...]

Filed under: 2007 Big Ten Tournament on May 28th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

The Penn State Nittany Lions had just come off a 10th inning victory off Michigan. One half hour later they played Illinois for another elimination game. That’s the thing about losing your first game in the Big Ten Tournament… every game you play, you’re playing for your tournament life. Scott Shaw allowed only 3 hits [...]

Filed under: 2007 Big Ten Tournament on May 26th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Four University of Illinois players were named to All-Big Ten teams on Tuesday, Lars Davis and Tanner Roark Catcher Lars Davis was named first-team All Big Ten. That was a no-brainer given that he was also Big Ten Player of the Year. I wrote a little about his accomplishments a couple days ago. It does [...]

Filed under: Awards on May 26th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Thursday, Illinois entered the loser’s bracket at the Big Ten Tournament as they lost to the Minnesota Golden Gophers 10-3. Starter Mike Stankiewicz The Gophers got to starter Mike Stankiewicz early as they hit him for 5 runs in the first inning and four runs before he got his first out. Brian Long replaced Stanky [...]

Filed under: 2007 Big Ten Tournament on May 24th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Sitting in my hotel room in Ypsilanti, I just had this come across the ticker. Lars Davis has become the second player to be awarded the Big Ten Player of the Year award in three years. Drew Davidson won it in 2005. Davis certainly has the qualifications. He led the conference in homeruns (13), slugging [...]

Filed under: Awards on May 23rd, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Here we go, Illini, Here we go! Here we go, Illini, here we go! It sure is nice to be in the winners’ bracket. No incredible comeback today at the first round of the Big Ten Tournament. Nope, the Illinois had things pretty much under control from the very start against the Iowa Hawkeyes as [...]

Filed under: 2007 Big Ten Tournament on May 23rd, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

I’m finally coming down a bit from Sunday’s incredible comeback by the Illini over Michigan State. It’s not often you see a team come back from a 7-0 deficit to win 8-7 in a must-win game. But I’m sure the Illini baseball team isn’t looking back… they’re looking forward. Forward to Wednesday at 11:05 (Central) [...]

Filed under: 2007 Big Ten Tournament, Game Previews on May 21st, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

First of all, let me get this out of the way: Yessss! All Right!! WOW! Way to go, Illini! Woo hoo! I-L-L, I-N-I!! Whew. Sunday’s scoreboard shows the incredible comeback by the Illini Yes, the Illini won today. In a must-win game in order to go on to the Big Ten tournament, the University of [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 20th, 2007 | 8 Comments »

Game Two’s scoreboard says it all It wasn’t a good day for Illinois baseball. They lost both games to the Michigan State Spartans and it wasn’t really close. They were outscored 23-7 for the two games. I hope Coach Hartleb has some good words of wisdom for boys in Orange and Blue. They need to [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 19th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »