Former Illini in the majors- the hitters

Without playing any games, Illinois predictably finds themselves right in the middle of the Big Ten non-conference standings at sixth place.  The big winner this weekend is Ohio State who won both of their games while Northwestern and Indiana went oh-fer three. Michigan may have gotten a bit of a scare today.  All-American outfielder Ryan [...]

Filed under: history on February 22nd, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Lou Boudreau and Darrin Fletcher: not a trivial mistake

Last weekend along with my friend Shawn, I took part in the Kiwanis Sports Trivia Championship.  I could go into details but long story short, we could have done better.  But here’s the kicker… there was one Illinois Baseball trivia question asked all day… …and I missed it. Here’s the question:  “Who’s is the one [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on February 6th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »