Illinois Baseball Report

Ho hum… another walk-off win for the Illini.  What else is new? Hehe, I can’t pull that complacent shtick off, I am psyched as all get out.  Maybe I got worried a bit watching the Illinois-Ohio State game on my friend’s wide screen TV in his basement but I’ll tell you this:  When we were [...]

Filed under: 2011 Big Ten Tournament on May 27th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Sadly, I didn’t make it out to the game on Sunday.  Sad, only because it would have been nice to see another fantastic Illini victory.  It was Mother’s Day, you see.  Don’t blame my wife.  She let’s me come out to every other ballgame and I’m grateful for that. Looking at the box score, it [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 9th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Davis Hendrickson takes a cut in Illinois’ 12-7 loss on Saturday Illinois took a while to get their offense going on Saturday… too long it seems, as they lost to the Ohio State Buckeyes 12-7. It almost looked liked Buckeye hurler Brett McKinney, who came into the game with just one win, was unhittable, literally.  [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 7th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

I really hope you came to the park last night.  If you missed Illinois’ exciting 13-9 victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes, you missed, in my guess, one of the best games of past few years.  It ranks up their with our win against the same Ohio State team two years ago and even the [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 7th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

In case you haven’t heard, this Friday is the 3rd annual Bleacher Bum Barbeque.  In addition to a great Illinois-Ohio State baseball matchup, there will be free food, inflatable games for the kids,  fireworks and presumably a lot of people.  If you want to get in on the free grub, come by Illinois Field around [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on May 5th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

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:    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! »

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. Team Record Pct. Record Pct. Ohio State 0-0 .000 3-0 1.000 Michigan State 0-0 .000 2-1 .667 Minnesota 0-0 .000 2-1 .667 Michigan 0-0 .000 2-2 [...]

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! »