Illinois Baseball Report

For his efforts last week during the Spring Break Trip, Willie Argo became the second Illinois player to be honored by the Big Ten with the Player of the Week award.  Argo (left) had it coming.  His consistent offense throughout the week made me wonder if he would be considered for the award especially after [...]

Filed under: Analysis on March 29th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

We’re still in the middle of the Spring break trip but seeing it’s Monday, I’ll post this anyway.  A quick look at the standings:   Team Record Pct. Record Pct. Michigan State 0-0 .000 12-4 .750 Ohio State 0-0 .000 12-4 .750 Indiana 0-0 .000 9-9 .500 Michigan 0-0 .000 9-9 .500 Purdue 0-0 .000 [...]

Filed under: Analysis on March 22nd, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Two in a row!  That’s the first time that’s happened this season but some reason, I don’t think it will be the last.  Looking at the recap and boxscore of today’s game against North Dakota State University Bison, it just seems that nothing could go wrong down in Winter Haven, Florida.  Illinois got good pitching [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 20th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Let’s talk about the fun stuff first. Matt Dittman was awarded the co-Big Ten Player of the Week yesterday!  He hit .615 for the weekend with five rbis and scored seven.  Ditt’s timing was impeccable as his big game came in the 11-10 win against #12 Coastal Carolina when he went 4 for 5 with [...]

Filed under: Analysis on March 16th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Ok, considering we came into the weekend 1-5, we had a pretty darn good weekend.  On a broader scale, we went 2-2 for the weekend which is a whole lot better than the ultimate result we had been getting.  Not to mention the exciting win against #12 Coastal Carolina Chants.  Maybe it doesn’t it doesn’t [...]

Filed under: Analysis on March 15th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Wow.  Simply amazing.  I admit, on Friday night when I left town for the weekend right after #12 Coastal Carolina scored 6 in the first inning, I didn’t hold much hope for an Illini victory.  When I got to my destination and checked the score, I literally had to do a double-take.  We won?  Wow!! [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 13th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

First a look at the Big Ten standings:    Team W L T Pct W L T Pct Ohio State 0 0 0 0.000 8 2 0 0.800 Michigan State 0 0 0 0.000 6 4 0 0.600 Penn State 0 0 0 0.000 4 3 0 0.571 Iowa 0 0 0 0.000 4 5 [...]

Filed under: Analysis on March 8th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Five in a row.  I’ll bet Coach Hartleb will have a few words with the team in the locker room after this one.   It was a tough one to lose.  Once again, Illinois had the lead only to lose it.  They were up by scores of 4-1 and 5-3 but West Virginia pecked away till [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 7th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Now that the dust has settled from the Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge, we can get a sense where the Big Ten look like now.  No surprise… Ohio State is at the top, getting a quick 5-1 start on season.    Team Record Pct. Record Pct. Ohio State 0-0 .000 5-1 .833 Michigan State 0-0 .000 [...]

Filed under: Weekend Recaps on March 2nd, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Well, the Illini gave St John’s a good fight.  It was pretty much the story of two games within one.  The first one where the Illini had them strung up in the first five innings, winning 4-0.  It was indeed the 3-run fifth inning when Illinois did most of the damage keyed by a 2-run [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 1st, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »