By now, those members of the 2011 Illinois baseball team who were drafted and signed are getting used the minor league system and how it works. In some cases, players have been shuffling from one level to another. Case in point, I saw Adam Davis’ tweet today that he is…
Wow, what a game that two Illini had yesterday in the Northwoods League! Playing for the Madison Mallards, Willie Argo drove in six runs and Justin Parr got five hits. The Mallards won 16-3 over the Waterloo Bucks. For the record, Argo was 2 for 4 with two homeruns and…
For those who want to follow the Illini ballplayers during the summer, fightingillini.com has posted a handy web page listing which summer teams they will be playing with. It comes complete with links to the teams’ and leagues’ web sites so finding their schedules and boxscores is only a few…
Today’s number on the sports page of the News-Gazette was 44. That’s the number of rbis that Adam Davis (left) accrued this summer while playing for the Madison Mallards in the Northwoods League. That was good for sixth in the league. He accomplished this in part behind a .328 average. …
Congrats to Adam Davis, Josh Parr and Matt Dittman who made the Northwoods League postseason All-Star team. All three had excellent summers for their respective teams. For the Rochester Honkers, Matt Dittman hit .332 with 44 rbis. Parr, who was with the Madison Mallards, hit .307 and scored 41 runs…
Corey Kimes showed he does well in the starting role last night for the Springfield Sliders. He pitched a complete game in the Sliders 2-1 win over the Hannibal Cavemen. Kimes struck out ten batters and only walked one and allowed four hits. For the season, he is 3-1 in…
IBR reader Sue and her family took a trip to Springfield one week ago and watched our own Davis Hendrickson and Corey Kimes play for the Springfield Sliders as they took on the Nashville Outlaws in front of a crowd of over 2,000. The home team won 5-2. Way to…
Congrats to Brian de la Torriente who was named to the Prospect League’s West Division All-Star team. The East and West played to a 3-3 tie on July 6. de la pitched one inning allowing a run and striking out two batters. The Northwoods League All-Star classic is coming up…
The Illinois baseball players don’t get much of a break after the college season is over. A few days after it’s over they travel to their college summer teams to hone their skills. This year, twenty-one Illinois players will be playing in these summer leagues. For the most part our…
Nothing like a little summer talk to warm you up on a winter day. The Coastal Plain League’s Fayetteville Swampdogs have announced their first signings of the season. This college summer league team based in North Carolina has been known for taking in Illini players during the summer and 2010…