The Mattoon Charleston Journal-Gazette Times-Courier has a nice feature article on former Illini centerfielder Kyle Hudson who is faring just fine with the Oriole Class A Delmarva Shorebirds. Hudson has 17 stolen bases so far this year and 31 runs scored both good for second on the team. Share Tags: kyle hudson, Media Related posts [...]
Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on June 25th, 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! »
I would like to take the time to thank Chris Webb (from The Buckeye Nine) for taking on the arduous task of bringing up Buckeye Nine Tournament Central, a blog which covered the Big Ten Tournament from a more independent (i.e. not Big Ten) perspective. Webb did a fantastic job. If you haven’t already, read [...]
Filed under: 2009 Big Ten Tournament, Media on May 24th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »
What the media is saying about the Big Ten Tournament… both here in Columbus and back at the universities. First-year ballpark presents challenge – Columbus Dispatch Big Ten Baseball Tournament Up For Grabs Next Year – Columbus NBC Illini baseball advances in Big Ten Tournament with thumping of Michigan State- Daily Illini Minnesota to Face [...]
Filed under: 2009 Big Ten Tournament, Media on May 21st, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »
Lots to talk about in the wake of Illinois’ series victory over (then) #1 LSU Tigers last weekend. The Illini won Friday’s game and Sunday’s game both on the efforts of good starting pitching by Phil Haig and Ben Reeser respectively. I say "then #1" because well, it’s no surprise that LSU dropped in the [...]
Filed under: Awards on March 9th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »