Today, Illinois closed out the 2010 season with a 16-6 loss against Indiana. It was a classic Hoosier victory with sixteen runs and seventeen hits (although only one homerun). Senior Kevin Manson took the loss. Indiana knocked Manson around pretty well. They scored six runs (five earned) in three innings. This evens Manson’s record at [...]
Filed under: Game Recaps on May 22nd, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »
Aaron Johnson slides in to score in Illinois’ big six-run first inning When I woke up today, I wasn’t sure we weren’t going to have a ballgame. It was raining and I heard thunder every so often. Thankfully, the clouds parted by about 2pm and we had about the most beautiful day possible for baseball. [...]
Filed under: Game Recaps on April 3rd, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »
It’s Spring Break next week. While most students here will be going on vacation and having fun, the Illini baseball team will be heading to West Haven, Florida, what used to be the spring training home of the Cleveland Indians. West Haven’s Chain of Lakes will be put to good use next week as Illinois [...]
Filed under: Game Previews on March 17th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »
A couple days ago, I posted some photos from 2005 that I had not seen for a long while. As promised, here are some from 2006 I also ran across. Again, these photos are not the best quality but definitely valuable from an archive perspective. Enjoy. Shawn Roof at bat against the Hawkeyes (4/22/06) [...]
Filed under: history on February 13th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »
I ran across some old photographs on my system that not been previously posted. By old I mean 2005, before I started blogging about the team. To put this into historical context, this was the year that Illinois won the Big Ten Championship. It was also Coach Itch Jones’ last year. These photos actually have [...]
Filed under: history on February 10th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »
There’s a first time for everything and no one knows that more than former Illini infielder Shawn Roof. Last night in the very last game of the Erie Seawolves’ regular season, Roof hit his very first home run in professional and college play. His homerun came against the Akron Aeros in the 2nd inning. Unfortunately, [...]
Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on September 8th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »
Shawn Roof It’s Birthday time for Illini baseball players! Today, on August 3, four former Illini will celebrate birthdays. Happy Birthday to Ryan Hastings, Ty Milner, Shawn Roof and Scott Shaw. Milner and Shaw were even born on the exact day. So if you know any of these guys, wish them a good one!! Tags: [...]
Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on August 3rd, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »
SS Shawn Roof dogging baserunner and brother Eric Roof in a 2007 MSU-ILL game "It’s awesome, it’s the coolest thing ever. He’s worked his tail off, and not too many people get to say they have a brother who plays minor-league baseball as well. Now, he gets to play in the same organization. Hopefully, he [...]
Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on June 12th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »
Former Illinois SS Shawn Roof is really hitting the ball lately in the minors. After starting out with the Lakeland Flying Tigers, he advanced to AA earlier this year and is playing for the Erie Seawolves. Since then, he’s really come on. He went 4 for 5 with two triples in Tuesday’s game against the [...]
Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on June 4th, 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 »
