Illinois Baseball Report

Maybe it’s a bit of schadenfreude on my part but sometimes I like to read recaps on Illinois victories that were posted in newspapers in the enemy’s territory.  Here’s the write-up on last night’s game in the Detroit Press. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with good ol’ friendly Illini HQ and fightingillini.com either. Tonight, Illinois [...]

Filed under: 2011 Big Ten Tournament, Media on May 28th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Argo:  speediest in the Big Ten? College Baseball Insider asked the Big Ten Baseball coaches their opinions on a variety of baseball topics.  Nine of them responded and CBI put them together for their Big Ten baseball preview. The team to beat?  It was unanimous for Minnesota.  A lot of things can happen from now [...]

Filed under: Awards on February 3rd, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Just last week, I wrote about Illinois baseball’s 2011 schedule which by the way, included a spring game at the Metrodome Tournament hosted by the Minnesota Golden Gophers.  The Metrodome Stadium now is now used by the Minnesota Vikings and formerly used by baseball’s Minnesota Twins. Fast forward to this past Sunday when under a [...]

Filed under: Media on December 13th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

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! »

Here is the NCAA Baseball bracket and no, Illinois isn’t listed.  I logically knew they didn’t have much of a chance but I watched the announcement on ESPN this morning regardless in case a miracle may have occurred.  Minnesota, Ohio State and Indiana will all be representing the Big Ten in the Regionals in 2009 [...]

Filed under: Analysis on May 25th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Day and night.  That’s how I’d describe the difference between Minnesota on Thursday and Minnesota on Friday.  And unfortunately, Illinois had to play them Friday. The same Gopher team that couldn’t buy a hit against Indiana the day before and had its pitching pounded by their offense, came out a changed team Friday.  They first [...]

Filed under: 2009 Big Ten Tournament, Game Recaps on May 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Indiana cruised to its second tournament victory against second seed Minnesota in the tournament behind the pitching of Matt Bashore who pitched seven shutout innings. Bashore who didn’t allow a hit till the fourth inning, was practically untouchable. allowing only two for the game.  Indiana won 12-3.  Boy, Indiana sure can hit! Eighteen hits against [...]

Filed under: 2009 Big Ten Tournament on May 22nd, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Boy, that had to be quite an ending to the Illini-Purdue game Friday!  I was a naughty boy and had Game Tracker running on my laptop during a conference meeting.  It was a little hard to concentrate on matters at hand with Dan Black at the plate.  Sorry, Boss! Will Strack had things in hand [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 16th, 2009 | 2 Comments »

This gentleman had the right idea during the break but a sweep was not in the cards for the Illini Illinois was oh so close to a sweep of Minnesota this weekend.  After a major comeback on Friday, they did the same for the first game on Saturday coming back from a 4-0 deficit to [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 19th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Brandon Wikoff trots around the bases after hitting his 3rd homerun of the season It was the best game of the season in my opinion.  For those that missed it, it’s too bad.  You missed a heckuva battle between the Illini and the Golden Gophers of Minnesota. A couple facts about this game: Both teams [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 17th, 2009 | 2 Comments »