Illinois Baseball Report

I spent the weekend at my mom’s for Mother’s Day.  Admirable, I know but my family and I stayed in a relatively remote cabin with no wireless, Internet, TV or anything.  Now all things considered it’s a great place to stay but if you’re trying to keep up with how the Illinois baseball team is [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 11th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

It’s becoming crunch time in the Big Ten conference schedule and who better to play than Ohio State?  Ok, that’s a very positive spin on a dire situation for the Illini (21-21 6-9 Big Ten).  But the team has done well under pressure before so I’m hoping they respond well this weekend when they travel [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on May 6th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

First a look at the Big Ten standings:    table.tableizer-table {border: 1px solid #ccc; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;} .tableizer-table td {padding: 4px; margin: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;} .tableizer-table th {background-color: #104e8b; color: #fff; font-weight: bold;} Team W L T Pct W L T Pct Ohio State 0 0 0 0.000 8 2 [...]

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

Obviously an off weekend for the Illini but here’s a look at the Big Ten standings after one weekend.  The Bucks end up with three wins.  Northwestern… four losses. table.tableizer-table {border: 1px solid #ccc; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;} .tableizer-table td {padding: 4px; margin: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;} .tableizer-table th {background-color: #104e8b; color: [...]

Filed under: Big Ten on February 23rd, 2010 | 1 Comment »

In the off-season, Buckeye State Baseball is doing a Top 9 Division I Moments of 2009 as they pertain to Ohio baseball.  Number 6 on the list is “Welcome to the Adult Table Big Ten”.  In some ways it’s an all-encompassing topic but it manifests itself in the Ohio State-Illinois game at the Big Ten [...]

Filed under: 2009 Big Ten Tournament on January 4th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Ouch. Tags: NCAA Regionals, ohio state Related posts Mother’s Day gift to all… Illini win 2 over Ohio State (1) Illini travel to Ohio State for a crucial series (0) Illini Baseball: 3/8 Post-weekend de-briefing (0) Big Ten Baseball post-weekend debriefing (1) Making the lists (0)

Filed under: Big Ten on June 1st, 2009 | 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! »

The Big Ten Tournament banner including Illinois’ Brandon Wikoff As always, I had a great time at the Big Ten Tournament.  Win or lose, it’s a culmination of everything that the Illinois team has worked so hard for all season.  They’ve exceeded everyone else’s expectations this season and each one of them should be proud. [...]

Filed under: 2009 Big Ten Tournament on May 24th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I really thought we had them.  Going into the bottom of the sixth, we had a three-run lead.  But then again, this was Ohio State and we all know about their offense.  The Bucks scored two runs in each of the last three innings to defeat Illinois 7-4. Aaron Johnson trots around the bases after [...]

Filed under: 2009 Big Ten Tournament, Game Recaps on May 22nd, 2009 | 1 Comment »

  Dominic Altobelli- 3B All-Big Ten First team Brandon Wikoff- SS All-Big Ten First Team Pete Cappetta- OF All-Big Ten Second Team Aaron Johnson- C All-Big Ten Second Team Willie Argo- OF All-Big Ten Third Team All-Big Ten Freshman Team Will Strack- SP All-Big Ten Third Team All-Big Ten Freshman Team The Big Ten annual [...]

Filed under: Awards on May 19th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »